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Summary: Argues that affirmative action actually harms minority students and that the movement started in the late 1960s is only a symbolic change that has become mired in posturing, concealment, and pork-barrel earmarks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 379.26 SANBaugh, Joyce A.
Summary: Overview: In the wake of Brown v. Board of Education, racial equality in American public education appeared to have a bright future. But for many that brightness dimmed considerably following the Supreme Court's decision in Milliken v. Bradley (1974), which emerged from Detroit's efforts to use cross-district busing to desegregate its schools and was the first such case to originate outside the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Kansas 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 344.73 BAUSomervill, Barbara A.
Summary: Presents an account of the famous Supreme Court case that led to the outlawing of racial segregation in public schools.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 344.73 SOMBecker, Helaine
Summary: "A nonfiction picture book introduction to the history and importance of Title IX as civil rights legislature"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 344.73 BECNapolitano, Jo
Summary: "Uncovers the key civil rights battle that immigrant children fought alongside the ACLU to ensure equal access to education within a xenophobic nation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.826 NAPBakst, Dina
Summary: Provides practical tips for navigating the workplace while pregnant or being a new parent, covering such topics as morning sickness, maternity leave, and discrimination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014