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Direct linkWhite; Lawrence – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2006
On December 4, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in two significant affirmative-action cases. Each case--one from Seattle and the other from Louisville--involves the constitutional validity of school-district plans that consider race in assigning students to public schools. Determined parents from both cities will ask the court to declare the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Affirmative Action, National Security, Accountability
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Download full textHarpalani, Vinay – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2004
On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court rendered one of the most important legal decisions in American history. With its first opinion in the "Brown v. Board of Education," the Court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. Writing for the Court, Chief Justice Earl Warren stated that racial segregation…
Descriptors: School Desegregation, Desegregation Litigation, Affirmative Action, College Admission
