On the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, Gregory evaluates the progress towards the full implementation of one of the law’s key provisions: discrimination in the workplace. He looks at key litigation as the law has come to include discrimination based on more than just race, but on gender, age, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.From the segregationist policies of the past to lingering workplace oppression in the form of sexual harassment, age discrimination, and religious conflicts, the places we work have always been the scenes of some of our greatest civil rights battles. This study debates discrimination of all kinds and sheds light on the cultural tensions we grapple with in America. Gregory also looks at the broader history of oppression suffered, recognized, and overcome, in the 50 years since this country passed its Civil Rights Act.