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Tribute To Jerry Israel, Jeffrey S. Lehman
Tribute To Jerry Israel, Jeffrey S. Lehman
Michigan Law Review
A Tribute to Jerry Israel
A Tribute To Jerry Israel: A Friend With A Messy Office, Debra Ann Livingston
A Tribute To Jerry Israel: A Friend With A Messy Office, Debra Ann Livingston
Michigan Law Review
A Tribute to Jerry Israel
Random Thoughts By A Distant Collaborator, Wayne R. Lafave
Random Thoughts By A Distant Collaborator, Wayne R. Lafave
Michigan Law Review
A Tribute to Jerry Israel
A Tribute To Professor Jerold Israel--My Teacher, My Co-Author, My Good Friend, Paul D. Borman
A Tribute To Professor Jerold Israel--My Teacher, My Co-Author, My Good Friend, Paul D. Borman
Michigan Law Review
A Tribute to Jerry Israel
Dream Makers: Black Judges On Justice, Julian Abele Cook Jr.
Dream Makers: Black Judges On Justice, Julian Abele Cook Jr.
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Linn Washington, Black Judges on Justice
The Dangers Of Misappropriation: Misusing Martin Luther King, Jr.'S Legacy To Prove The Colorblind Thesis, Ronald Turner
The Dangers Of Misappropriation: Misusing Martin Luther King, Jr.'S Legacy To Prove The Colorblind Thesis, Ronald Turner
Michigan Journal of Race and Law
This Article focuses on one particular aspect of the colorblind thesis: the misuse of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s image and legacy by liberals, neoliberals, conservatives, and neoconservatives "who cheaply invoke Dr. King's words even as they kill the substance and spirit of his radical message." The campaign supporting the adoption of Proposition 209, the California Civil Rights Initiative ("CCRI"), directly illustrates the misappropriation of King's legacy. Supporters of this anti-affirmative action proposal which calls for racial neutrality and a colorblind America, regularly invoked King's name, suggesting that he would have embraced such a measure. The California Republican Party prepared a …