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Why Segregation Is Inherently Unequal: The Abandonment Of Brown And The Continuing Failure Of Plessy, Gary Orfield
Why Segregation Is Inherently Unequal: The Abandonment Of Brown And The Continuing Failure Of Plessy, Gary Orfield
NYLS Law Review
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The Unintended Lessons In Brown V. Board Of Education, Derrick A. Bell Jr.
The Unintended Lessons In Brown V. Board Of Education, Derrick A. Bell Jr.
NYLS Law Review
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Are Reports Of Brown‘S Demise Exaggerated? Perspectives Of A School Desegregation Litigator, Dennis D. Parker
Are Reports Of Brown‘S Demise Exaggerated? Perspectives Of A School Desegregation Litigator, Dennis D. Parker
NYLS Law Review
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Environmental Justice And The Integration Ideal, Rachel D. Godsil
Environmental Justice And The Integration Ideal, Rachel D. Godsil
NYLS Law Review
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Perspectives On Brown: The South African Experience, Penelope E. Andrews
Perspectives On Brown: The South African Experience, Penelope E. Andrews
NYLS Law Review
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Brown V. Board Of Education, Immigrants, And The Meaning Of Equality, Hiroshi Motomura
Brown V. Board Of Education, Immigrants, And The Meaning Of Equality, Hiroshi Motomura
NYLS Law Review
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Introduction: Brown Is Dead? Long Live Brown!, Denise C. Morgan
Introduction: Brown Is Dead? Long Live Brown!, Denise C. Morgan
NYLS Law Review
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Is Brown Dying? Exploring The Resegregation Trend In Our Public Schools, Danielle R. Holley
Is Brown Dying? Exploring The Resegregation Trend In Our Public Schools, Danielle R. Holley
NYLS Law Review
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Embracing Segregation: The Jurisprudence Of Choice And Diversity In Race And Sex Separatism In Schools, Nancy Levit
Embracing Segregation: The Jurisprudence Of Choice And Diversity In Race And Sex Separatism In Schools, Nancy Levit
Faculty Works
Fifty years after Brown v. Board of Education, segregation based on race and sex is sweeping the nation's educational systems. Courts are rapidly dismantling desegregation orders, and when those desegregation orders end, school districts racially resegregate. At precisely the same time this end to racial desegregation is occurring, the government is beginning to sponsor sex segregation in schools as well. The No Child Left Behind Act provides over $400 million in federal funds for experiments in education, such as single-sex schools and classes. Embracing Segregation draws connections between the end of racial desegregation and the beginning of government-sponsored sex segregation …
Two "Wrongs" Do/Can Make A Right: Remembering Mathematics, Physics, & Various Legal Analogies (Two Negatives Make A Positive; Are Remedies Wrong?) The Law Has Made Him Equal, But Man Has Not, John C. Duncan Jr
Journal Publications
This article demonstrates the incomplete logic and inconsistent legal reasoning used in the argument against affirmative action. The phrase "two wrongs don't make a right" is often heard in addressing various attempts to equalize, to balance, and to correct the acknowledged wrongs of slavery and segregation and their derivative effects. Yet, "two wrongs do/can make a right" has a positive connotation. This article reviews the history of societal and judicial wrongs against Blacks, as well as the evolution of the narrowing in legal reasoning concerning discrimination against minorities, including Blacks. Next, the legal reasoning behind legacy programs will be reviewed …