Article: Richard Nixon and the origins of affirmative action.

Article: Rethinking affirmative action. (conflicting definitions and impressions) (Editorial)
Change;  March 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ......30 years of vehemence and scuffle, affirmative action remains one of the most controversial...people find it hard to talk about affirmative action together. The purpose of this issue...conversations. To begin with definitions, affirmative action is: 1) An umbrella term for ...

Article: Should Black people let affirmative action die? No.(TWO SIDES)
Ebony;  January 1, 2008 ;     680 words ...One day affirmative action will end. But it would be folly...are two reasons: (1) Ending affirmative action to preempt the Supreme Court...it is unlikely to prohibit affirmative action in private universities and...

Article: Affirmative action: is it democratic?
The Christian Century;  January 24, 1996 ;     700+ words ......Lemann in a perceptive essay on affirmative action. On the one hand, Douglas...feeling one can have about affirmative action and wound up in effect throwing up his hands ( Taking Affirmative Action Apart, New York Times Magazine...

Article: Affirmative action and the "dilemma of the qualified." (excerpt from 'The Rage of a Privileged Class') (Book Excerpt)
Black Enterprise;  October 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ...WHEN THE TALK TURNS TO affirmative action, I often recall a conversation...Supreme Court ruled on an affirmative action question. He was not only...pushed aside for second-rate affirmative action hires? Why should he be...

Article: The underhandedness of affirmative action.
National Review;  May 4, 1984 ;     700+ words ...AFFIRMATIVE ACTION is settling down in our constitutional...has lost its early enthusiasm for affirmative action, but remains committed to it in...elected in a spirit hostile to affirmative action, has found it necessary, or merely...

Article: Might Obama's success undercut affirmative action?
AP Online;  June 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ......might claim an unintended victim: affirmative action, a much-debated policy he supports...court rulings and state referendums, affirmative action now confronts a challenge to its...schools? The primary rationale for affirmative action is that America is institutionally...

Article: Obama's success fuels affirmative action's foes
AP Online;  June 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ......might claim an unintended victim: affirmative action, a much-debated policy that he supports...court rulings and state referendums, affirmative action now confronts a challenge to its...schools? The primary rationale for affirmative action is that America is institutionally...

Article: Obama's success proves affirmative action no longer needed, some say
AP Worldstream;  June 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ......might claim an unintended victim: affirmative action, a much-debated policy that he supports...court rulings and state referendums, affirmative action now confronts a challenge to its...schools? The primary rationale for affirmative action is that America is institutionally...

Article: Crisis on the campus: Victor Goode explains what's at stake in the conflict over affirmative action. (Colorblind: Higher Education).
Colorlines Magazine;  March 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......hear the two University of Michigan affirmative action cases (Grutter v. University of Michigan...undergraduate case), the issue of affirmative action that had been dormant for almost...has not focused much attention on affirmative action since its brief review of Clinton...

Article: Affirmative Action
The Oxford Companion to United States History;      700+ words ...Affirmative Action. The term “affirmative action” first appeared in a legislative context in...little notice. Prior to the 1960s, virtually no one saw affirmative action as a way of giving minorities preferential treatment...

Article: A preliminary analysis of African American College students' perceptions of racial preferences and Affirmative Action in making admissions decisions at a predominantly White university.
Journal of Instructional Psychology;  December 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......perceptions of racial preferences and Affirmative Action in making admissions decisions...strongly agreed or agreed that Affirmative Action should continue as part of admissions decisions. Affirmative Action is a phrase that has its roots...

Article: Affirming affirmative action.(the book 'The Shape of the River: Long Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions,' by William Bowen and Derek Bok, seems to confirm the success of affirmative action)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
The Christian Century;  October 28, 1998 ;     606 words ...THE AIM OF affirmative-action programs, which give preference...race is not an issue. But is affirmative action really moving us toward this...their doubts. Whites who think affirmative action is a noble idea in theory...

Article: Affirmative action at mid-life: a proponent's agenda for the 1990s
Change;  March 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ......workplace and government contracting, affirmative action has evolved to include strategies...race, ethnicity, and gender. As affirmative action enters mid-life, it is appropriate...essay focuses on two criticisms of affirmative action: the charge that affirmative ...

Article: Action still needed. (affirmative action)(Editorial)
Commonweal;  June 2, 1995 ;     700+ words ......important, albeit flawed, experiments. Affirmative action policies have been critical in the...and Jim Crow laws. In the 1960s, affirmative action was devised to redress the effects...their plan to put a referendum to end affirmative action on the 1996 California ballot has...