The Civil Rights LobbyAs the lobbying arm of the civil rights movement, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR)which has operated since the early 1950swas instrumental in the historic legislative breakthroughs of the Second Reconstruction. The Civil Rights Lobby skillfully recounts the LCCRs professional and grassroots lobbying that contributed to these signature civil rights policy achievements in the 1950s and 60s. Shamira Gelbman explains how the diversity of