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A national dialogue on race

The following is an excerpt from President Bill Clinton’s address at the University of California at San Diego commencement June 14. This is the second time in a month that President Clinton has appeared in The Last Word. The last time was in the May 29 edition, an excerpt from his speech at Morgan State University.

July 10, 2007

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Putting words in the president’s mouth: when Terry Edmonds writes, people listens – Morgan State University alumnus and presidential speechwriter

Since Joining the White House in early 1995, presidential speechwriter Terry Edmonds has toiled far away from the news media spotlight that closely follows President Bill Clinton and his top aides.

July 10, 2007

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Resurrecting Fisk’s Race Relations Institute: with $4 million in grants, director Raymond Winbush says, “We’re going to do something old” – Fisk University

Since taking over Fisk University’s Race Relations Institute two years ago, Dr. Raymond Winbush has been aggressive about revitalizing the once-prominent institute and resuscitating its showpiece — an annual summer seminar which died sixteen years ago.

July 10, 2007

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Chat Transcripts (Unedited): “US Supreme Court and Desegregation”

See the full unedited transcript of our June 10, 2007 chat event, focusing on the Supreme Court’s recent ruling and its implications for equal access to education.

July 10, 2007

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Perspectives: What Parents v. Seattle Means for Colleges and Universities

The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District, though it steers clear of dismantling college and university admissions policies, has tremendous implications for those of us concerned about diversity in higher education. According to the new Supreme Court decision, K-12 schools have no authority to create racial balance in schools in order to assure that students are educated in a racially diverse environment.

July 8, 2007

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Surveying the battleground in the fight for access – equal opportunity in education cases

Forty-three years have passed since the Supreme Court issued its decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which desegregated the nation’s public schools, yet America’s war over equal educational opportunities continues to rage. And the most heated battles in recent years have centered around access to education at the postsecondary level.

July 7, 2007

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Significant Others. – book reviews

By Sandra Kitt Penguin Books, USA New york Paperback: $5.99 When W.E.B. DuBois wrote about the “challenge of the color line” in his historic 1903 collection of essays, The Souls of Black Folks, the scholar meditated on the schism between communities of color and the Anglo power structure. Today, near the start of another millennium, we seem just as obsessed by racial issues, although today’s concerns are in some ways more ambiguous than what DuBois and his contemporaries faced in segregated America.

July 7, 2007

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Hopwood and Ayers v. Fordice: the beginning of the end? – legal implications of court rulings on desegregation in higher education

Over the years, courts have attempted to leave education to the educators. But with courts now taking the Hopwood approach, colleges could find themselves tangled in a legal web.

July 7, 2007

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Race and higher education in South Africa

As South Africa enters the post-election era, the future of race relations in higher education is still undefined.

July 7, 2007

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Clearly understanding the affirmative action debate

Not All Black and White: Affirmative Action and American Values by Christopher Edley Jr. Farra, Straus and Giroux, 1996 New York 294 pages Hardback: $25.00

July 7, 2007

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Texas educators seek clarification on Hopwood decision

Austin, Texas As African American admissions at Texas’s elite public universities go into a free-fall because of the Hopwood ruling, a free-for-all has ensued over the interpretation of the court decision that ended affirmative action in higher education in the state.

July 7, 2007

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Harvard scholars convene civil rights think tank – Cover Story

Cambridge, Mass. Recent court rulings against affirmative action have left some college admissions and financial aid officers asking, “If we can’t consider race as part of the admissions process, then how can we make sure Blacks, Latinos and other underrepresented ethnic groups are not shut out of higher education?”

July 7, 2007