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　　This is the story of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights,

through its extraordinary fifty years at the heart of the civil

rights movement and the struggle for justice in America.

Mary Frances Berry, the commission’s chairperson for more than a

decade, author of My Face Is Black Is True (“An essential chapter

in American history from a distinguished historian”—Nell Painter),

tells of the commission’s founding in 1957 by President Eisenhower,

in response to burgeoning civil rights protests; how it was

designed to be an independent bipartisan Federal agency—made up of

six members, with no more than three from one political party, free

of interference from Congress and presidents—beholden to no

government body, with full subpoena power, and free to decide what

it would investigate and report on.

Berry writes that the commission, rather than producing reports

that would gather dust on the shelves, began to hold hearings even

as it was under attack from Southern segregationists. She writes

how the commission’s hearings and reports helped the nonviolent

protest movement prick the conscience of the nation then on the

road to dismantling segregation, beginning with the battles in

Montgomery and Little Rock, the sit-ins and freedom rides, the

March on Washington.

We see how reluctant government witnesses and local citizens

overcame their fear of reprisal and courageously came forward to

testify before the commission; how the commission was instrumental

in passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act

of 1965; how Congress soon added to the commission’s jurisdiction

the overseeing of discriminating practices—with regard to sex, age,

and disability—which helped in the enactment of the Age

Discrimination Act of 1978 and the Americans With Disabilities Act

of 1990.

Berry writes about how the commission’s monitoring of police

community relations and affirmative action was fought by various

U.S. presidents, chief among them Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush,

each of whom fired commissioners who disagreed with their policies,

among them Dr. Berry, replacing them with commissioners who

supported their ideological objectives; and how these commissioners

began to downplay the need to remedy discrimination, ignoring

reports of unequal access to health care and employment

opportunities.

Finally, Dr. Berry’s book makes clear what is needed for the

future: a reconfigured commission, fully independent, with an

expanded mandate to help oversee all human rights and to make good

the promise of democracy—equal protection under the law regardless

of race, color, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or

national origin.

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This is the story of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, through its extraordinary fifty years at the heart of the civil rights movement and the struggle for justice in America.

Mary Frances Berry, the commission’s chairperson for more than a decade, author of My Face Is Black Is True (“An essential chapter in American history from a distinguished historian”—Nell Painter), tells of the commission’s founding in 1957 by President Eisenhower, in response to burgeoning civil rights protests; how it was designed to be an independent bipartisan Federal agency—made up of six members, with no more than three from one political party, free of interference from Congress and presidents—beholden to no government body, with full subpoena power, and free to decide what it would investigate and report on.

Berry writes that the commission, rather than producing reports that would gather dust on the shelves, began to hold hearings even as it was under attack from Southern segregationists. She writes how the commission’s hearings and reports helped the nonviolent protest movement prick the conscience of the nation then on the road to dismantling segregation, beginning with the battles in Montgomery and Little Rock, the sit-ins and freedom rides, the March on Washington.

We see how reluctant government witnesses and local citizens overcame their fear of reprisal and courageously came forward to testify before the commission; how the commission was instrumental in passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965; how Congress soon added to the commission’s jurisdiction the overseeing of discriminating practices—with regard to sex, age, and disability—which helped in the enactment of the Age Discrimination Act of 1978 and the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990.

Berry writes about how the commission’s monitoring of police community relations and affirmative action was fought by various U.S. presidents, chief among them Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, each of whom fired commissioners who disagreed with their policies, among them Dr. Berry, replacing them with commissioners who supported their ideological objectives; and how these commissioners began to downplay the need to remedy discrimination, ignoring reports of unequal access to health care and employment opportunities.

Finally, Dr. Berry’s book makes clear what is needed for the future: a reconfigured commission, fully independent, with an expanded mandate to help oversee all human rights and to make good the promise of democracy—equal protection under the law regardless of race, color, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or national origin.