In this newly-published book, Nichols, a leading authority on the Eisenhower presidency, gives a groundbreaking narrative history offering a reassessment of Eisenhower's civil rights record and dispelling the myths about Ike's reluctance and aloofness on civil rights. Nichols spent five years combing presidential archives to discover the forceful role of the Eisenhower administration in shaping American civil rights. Ike desegregated the District of Columbia; appointed Earl Warren as Supreme Court chief justice who secured the Court's Brown v. Board of Education ruling; fully enforced desegregation of the armed services; and secured passage of the first civil rights legislation in 80 years.
The publication of A Matter of Justice coincides with the 50th anniversary of Ike's deployment of federal troops to enforce court order desegregation of Little Rock schools in September 1957. Writer Daun Van Ee , editor of The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, said, "Boldly, David Nichols goes where no historian has gone before...His book will set new standards in the field." "A fascinating and important book," writes Fred I. Greenstein, author and dean of Eisenhower scholars.
Nichols retired from academia in 2003, formerly serving as the vice president of academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Southwestern College from 1992 until his retirement. He was a professor of economics and management division at Southwestern College and later vice president for development from 1985-1992. He received his PhD in history from the College of William and Mary in 1975. Nichols wrote Lincoln and the Indians: Civil War and Politics in 1978; the book still remains the authority on Indian policy during the Civil War.
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