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Chavez, Lydia – 1998
This book tells the story of the California Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI), which became Proposition 209. This initiative promised to end the use of race and gender preferences in state employment, contracting, and education. The complex motivations and maneuvers of the people, organizations, and political parties involved in the effort to end…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, College Admission, Educational History
