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Race in the Usa: The Beginning and the End of Affirmative Action
A description of the reasoning behind affirmative action, the court cases that upheld it, and those that have dismantled it.
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Landmark Cases: Regents of University of Ca v. Bakke (1978)
Read the background summary and the complete text of this important Supreme Court case that dealt with affirmative action. Included are many teacher directed activities to use to support the teaching of this case.
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Freshman Academy: New Approaches to Civil Rights [Pdf]
This section from an American History book covers the extension of the application of civil rights that were legislated in the 1960s. Read about busing, affirmative action, disability rights movement, and the Native American protest...
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Regents of University of California v. Bakke (1978)
The U.S. Supreme Court case that allowed affirmative action to be a criteria for admission decisions in institutes of higher education.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Affirmative Action
This resource provides a thorough treatment of the politics of affirmative action from researcher Robert Fullinwider, of the University of Maryland School of Public Policy.