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A Lawyer’s Judgment for the 13th Amendment By Staff Vol. 2, No. 8, 1980, p. 8 It is understandable that Blacks geared their pre-Brown legal struggle to the requirement of equal protection in the Fourteenth Amendment. In the years prior
Findings from U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, A Growing Crisis: Disadvantaged Women and Their Children, May 1983. By Staff Vol. 5, No. 5, 1983, p. 19 In its 1982 report on health insurance coverage and employment for minorities and women,
Abandoning Affirmative Action By Staff Vol. 7, No. 3, 1985, pp. 1-2 The Reagan Administration stands on the verge of severely weakening affirmative action rules for federal contractors. As it is now drafted, a proposed Presidential Order eliminates existing requirements
Women and ‘Men’s Work’ During the War Years. By Mary Martha Thomas Vol. 9, No. 5, 1987, pp. 31, 38-39 Riveting and Rationing in Dixie: Alabama Women and the Second World War by Mary Martha Thomas. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama
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The Cold Hard Truth By J.L. Chestnut, Jr. Vol. 9, No. 5, 1987, p. 40 This is the 200th year of the U.S. Constitution, but that document remains shrouded in fiction, misunderstanding and ignorance. Millions of Americans know so little
Women and the ’88 Elections By Sharron Hannon Vol. 10, No. 1, 1988, pp. 1-3 What role will women play in the ’88 elections? Will the “gender gap” resurface? Will it affect the outcome of the presidential race? These are
Women and the Constitution By Sharron Hannon Vol. 10, No. 2, 1988, pp. 1-3 In 1776, Abigail Adams wrote husband John, importuning him to “remember the Ladies” in drafting the code of laws of the new nation. However, the “ladies”
The Court and the Black Community By Julius L. Chambers Vol. 11, No. 6, 1989, pp. 8-13 EDITORS’ NOTE: The following essay is an edited version of a talk presented November 15, 1989, as the second lecture in the Grace
The Importance of Race in the Classroom. L. W. D. Vol. 12, No. 3, 1990, p. 18 RACE, CLASS, AND EDUCATION: The Polities of Second-Generation Discrimination by Kenneth J. Meier, Joseph Stewart Jr., and Robert E;. England (University of Wisconsin
Reflections on Affirmative Action AngstReflections of an Affirmative Action Baby, by Steven Carter (Basic Books, 1991). Reviewed by Julian Bond Vol. 14, No. 1, 1992, pp. 22-23 Students of race relations have watched with interest the elevation to media prominence