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Marchers Convene to Preserve Voting Rights Act

More than 10,000 marchers stormed Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and trekked through the historic Atlanta University Center chanting, singing and clapping July 6 in support of extending the 40-year-old Voting Rights Act. Story:

August 8, 2005

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Racing Right: Reflections On the O’Connor Resignation

When Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was nominated to the court by former President Ronald Reagan Story:

July 27, 2005

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Kansas State Professor Examines How People Express Racism

Racism is still expressed in people’s actions, even in today’s society, where voiced racism is overwhelmingly shunned… Story:

April 20, 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

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President Bush Seeks Sweeping Changes on Civil Rights Panel

President Bush Seeks Sweeping Changes on Civil Rights Panel Gerald Reynolds to replace outgoing chairwoman Mary Frances BerryBy Charles DervaricsMajor changes are underway at the U.S. Civil Rights Commission that may have wide-ranging implications for colleges and universities seeking guidance from the Bush administration on affirmative action in higher education.President Bush has named Gerald Reynolds, […]

December 29, 2004

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U.S. Supreme Court Debates Use of Racial Segregation in Prisons

U.S. Supreme Court Debates Use of Racial Segregation in PrisonsWASHINGTONThe Supreme Court took up a racial segregation case last month that asks if Black California inmates are being unconstitutionally bunked together for months at a time, in the name of keeping prisons safe. The Bush administration has sided with a Black convicted killer who claims […]

December 1, 2004

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A Black and White Case

A Black and White Case: How Affirmative Action Survived Its Greatest Legal ChallengeBy Greg StohrBloomberg Press, 2004352 pp., $26.95 hardcoverISBN 1-57660-170-6In the late 1990s, two lawsuits by White applicants who had been rejected by the University of Michigan began working their way through the federal court system, aimed at the abolition of racial preferences in […]

November 17, 2004

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Playing Catch Up

Playing Catch UpWhenever I read about national shortages of qualified professionals in critical fields, such as health care and technology, I can’t help but think about the tragic legacy of segregation and discrimination in the United States. I believe that had African Americans enjoyed the full range of educational and career opportunities experienced by Whites […]

November 17, 2004

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Workplace Inequality Common in United States, Study Shows

Workplace Inequality Common in United States, Study ShowsNEW ORLEANSBlack men with the same skills as White men are only half as likely to rise from supervisor to manager and Black women are only a third likely to do so, according to a recent study by Tulane University sociologist Dr. James Elliot and City University of […]

October 6, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Utah College Whistleblowers File Lawsuit

Utah College Whistleblowers File LawsuitSALT LAKE CITYTwo women who uncovered spending problems at Salt Lake Community College are now suing the school, claiming they were victims of retaliation.Christine Martin and Nancy Grissetti filed the civil lawsuit, seeking compensatory damages, including back pay and an injunction to end any further alleged retaliation.Martin claims to have been […]

September 22, 2004

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Measuring Racial Discrimination

Measuring Racial DiscriminationPanel on Methods for Assessing Discrimination, Eds. Rebecca M. Blank, Marilyn Dabady and Constance F. CitroThe National Academies Press, 2004336 pp., $44.95, hardcover ISBN 0-309-09126-8; $30.50 PDF book ISBN 0-309-53083-0Many racial and ethnic groups in the United States, including Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, and others, have historically faced severe discrimination — pervasive […]

August 25, 2004

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Not Out of the Woods Yet

Not Out of the Woods YetNow that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in Grutter v. Bollinger that the University of Michigan had a compelling interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body, critics of affirmative action have been handed a major defeat in their ongoing efforts to block race-sensitive […]

July 16, 2004