I have spent much of the past two years working in the courts for<br > a new direction for civil rightsI attempt in this manuscript first to<br > sketch briefly why such a change of direction is necessary and then<br > in greater detail to outline a litigation strategy to facilitate that new<br > courseIf I am correct in my premise that AmericaS moral claim<br > is staked in its doctrinal commitment to civil rightsthen our<br > nationS future rests in large measure in the choices WE make over<br > the next several years with respect to a civil rights strategy<br > This manuscript builds in significant measure from my previous<br > bookChanging Course"Civil Rights at the Crossroads1 which<br > first introduced the policy blueprint on which I expand hereI<br > commenced each of that bookS chapters with quotations of<br > Thomas Painewhose keen insights into the nature and impor<br >