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Mississippi Earnings

Mississippi EarningsAfter a 30-year battle over the Ayers case, Attorney Alvin Chambliss fights for his own settlementBy B. Denise HawkinsThe long-time lead attorney in a decades-old higher education desegregation battle that ended three months ago when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a final appeal wants to get paid for his services, but not […]

February 9, 2005

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Texas 10 Percent Plan Has Not Improved Minority

Texas 10 Percent Plan Has Not Improved Minority Representation, Republican Leader SaysAUSTIN, TexasTexas law requiring public colleges and universities to accept students who graduate in the top 10 percent of their high school classes has harmed schools and has not improved minority representation, Republican House Speaker Tom Craddick said last month. Craddick and other lawmakers […]

February 9, 2005

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Effort to Ban Race, Gender Considerations Advances in Michigan

Effort to Ban Race, Gender Considerations Advances in MichiganBy Staff and News Wire ReportsLANSING, Mich.A group seeking to ban race and gender-based preferences in university admissions and government hiring says it submitted more than 508,000 signatures to state elections officials, a major step forward for the group’s campaign. At least 317,757 valid signatures of Michigan voters […]

January 26, 2005

African-American

Vanishing Black College Students?

Vanishing Black College Students? A young woman at my church confided in me that she dreams of enlisting in the military. Because we were in church, I simply shuddered and held my tongue, but my face must have told her what I would have liked to say. We talked a few minutes and she shared […]

January 12, 2005

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LAW: James Forman Jr.

LAWCommitted To the CauseJames Forman Jr. Title: Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law CenterEducation: J.D., Yale Law School; B.A., Brown UniversityAge: 37 It’s not surprising that James Forman Jr. has devoted himself to the pursuit of social justice. As the son of parents who met as civil rights activists, Forman recalls meeting civil rights […]

January 12, 2005

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Appeals Panel Backs UW’s Use of Race in Law School Admissions

Appeals Panel Backs UW’s Use of Race in Law School AdmissionsSEATTLEThe University of Washington Law School did not illegally discriminate against three White applicants when it denied them admission in the mid-1990s, a federal appeals court panel ruled in December. The decision upheld a 2002 ruling by U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly, and means Katuria […]

January 12, 2005

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2004: A Year in Review

2004: A Year in Review The 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education  and, of course, the hotly contested U.S. presidential election were just two of the events that dominated the headlines in 2004. Throughout the year, colleges and universities, as well as other educational institutions across the country, commemorated the Supreme Court’s landmark […]

December 29, 2004

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Bill Cosby’s Brown Blues

Bill Cosby’s Brown BluesBy Pansye S. AtkinsonBill Cosby’s public remarks regarding his perception of conditions in the African American community are but one manifestation of Brown blues in the Black community.I first heard Cosby voice concerns about deteriorating conditions in the Black community in December 2003, at a gala held for the Reginald F. Lewis […]

December 29, 2004

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Lectures From the Richest Among Us

Lectures From the Richest Among Us By Dr. Gerald E. MatthewsIt is unfortunate that someone with the name recognition and tremendous wealth that Cosby possesses would spend time and effort disparaging the Black community. In light of continued police brutality perpetrated against Blacks, in addition to discriminatory policies that still affect our education and socio-political […]

December 29, 2004

Recruitment & Retention

University of Georgia President Says School Will Increase Black Enrollment

University of Georgia President Says School Will Increase Black EnrollmentOnly 200 Black students enrolled out of a class of 4,500 freshmenATHENS, Ga. University of Georgia President Michael Adams said the school will take steps in the coming year to increase its enrollment of Black freshmen. He declined to comment on a faculty committee’s recommendation that […]

December 29, 2004

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Whites Denied Admission to University

Whites Denied Admission to University Of Michigan Seek Damages for 30,000 OthersANN ARBOR, Mich.Lawyers for two White students whose lawsuit overturned the affirmative action admissions program then in use at the University of Michigan have asked a federal judge to award damages to 30,000 other White and Asian applicants. The motion was filed earlier this […]

December 29, 2004

Leadership & Policy

It’s a Wrap

It’s a WrapEvents in 2004 proved riveting. One of the more highly anticipated events, besides the U.S. presidential election, was the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board. During one of the more glamorous celebrations of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling, entertainer Bill Cosby took the occasion to criticize the behavior and […]

December 29, 2004