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Mediation, alternative dispute resolution, and civil rights protest have
become familiar terms in the lexicon of contemporary human behavior.  This
book carries the reader back to some of the early applications of those
processes.  It is a first-hand account of the turbulent late nineteen
sixties, and through the seventies, when minority dissent threatened to
widen the racial divide, rendering many communities subject to violent
protest and instability. The process became particularly
prevalent in connection with law suits filed to overcome school
desegregation, alleged abusive police practices, complaints of inhumane or
unconstitutional conditions of incarceration by prison inmates, and a
variety of other issues being tested under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  

A new professional genus was born--the neutral third-party
intervenor trained to bring community and institutional conflict parties to
the negotiation table.The author spent a total of 22 years in federal service, much of it as
regional mediator with the Community Relations Service, an arm of the U.S.
Department of Justice.  Prior experience included three years of military
service during World War II, some dozen earlier career years in chamber of
commerce management positions in Texas and Oklahoma, and later as a senior
administrator for a social service agency in Dallas, Texas.  Born in
Jamaica, New York, he is a graduate of the George Washington University with
a degree in government.

For further information, readers are invited to visit the author's web site:
*www.conflictwithoutchaos.com.  *Expedited purchase from the publisher can
be made by calling toll-free at 800-894-8955.  Other availability, sometimes
limited, from www.amazon.com or by special order from your favorite local
bookseller.
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