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Often the whipping boys of politicians and pundits, lobbyists are the recipients of lampooning stump portrayals and sensationalized news coverage. Little attention is given to how most lobbyists simply do their job or become effective at what they do. Whether it's helping staff draft legislative language, providing members with quality policy and political information, or just being a good listener, lobbyists must build and maintain relationships. If they do, they'll succeed in advancing their policy objectives within the give-and-take process of the American legislative system. The Art of

"In 1964, when the Civil Rights Act was passed, Congress wisely created an agency based in the U.S. Department of Justice to help forestall or resolve racial or ethnic disputes evolving from the act. Mandated by law and by its own methodology to shun publicity, the Community Relations Service developed self-effacement to a fine art. Thus the accomplishments, as well as the shortcomings, of this federal venture into conflict resolution are barely known in official Washington, and even less so by the American public. This first written history of the Community Relations Service uses the experiences of the men and women who sought to resolve the most volatile issues of the day to tell the story of this unfamiliar agency."--Jacket

Introduction -- Lyndon Johnson Sets the Stage -- Learning Intervention: Intuition, Courage, and Goodwill -- Selma Blow by Blow: A Dissection of the Community Crisis That Turned the Tide for Voting Rights -- Equality of Results: The Revised Civil Rights Agenda -- When Cities Erupt -- Police-Minority Relations: A Lightning Rod for Racial Conflagration -- Education amid Turmoil -- Mediation: The Road Less Traveled -- Not All Black and White: Varieties of Civil Rights Conflict -- Minorities and the Media: The Conversion of the Image Builders -- Nazis, Free Speech, and Hate: Preventing a Bloodbath in Skokie and Beyond -- Arabs, Muslims, and Sikhs: Preventing and Responding to Unfounded Violence after 9/11 -- Not Only Race: Confronting Other Types of Hate -- Crossing Borders: The Elián Gonzáles Custody Dispute -- Back to the Future: Law Enforcement and Race Takes Center Stage in Sanford, Florida -- The Quest for Value -- Afterword.

"In this second, expanded edition, Grande Lum continues Bertram Levine's excellent scholarship, adding what has transpired over the last twenty-five years for the Community Relations Service (CRS) of the U.S. Department of Justice. That the Trump administration has sought to eliminate CRS gives this book increased urgency and relevance. In 2009 the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act substantially altered CRS's jurisdiction for the first time since its founding. In addition to race, color, and national origin, CRS began focusing on gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, and disability. Applying its community dispute resolution techniques to these new categories was a historic change for CRS, and Lum's documentation of this expanded jurisdiction provides insight into the progression of civil rights."--