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Pushing Weight, André Douglas Pond Cummings

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The plight of the black athlete in United States professional and collegiate sports reflects a historical road burdened by strident discrimination, yielding assimilation and gleeful exploitation. As African American athletes began to be permitted to enter the lineups of storied professional sports clubs beginning in the 1950s, they did so only on the strict conditions placed upon them by the status quo white male dominated regime. Often the very terms of black athlete participation required a rigid commitment to - covering - racial identity and outright suppression of self. Once African American athletes burst onto the nation's consciousness in the …

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Pushing Weight, André Douglas Pond Cummings

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Truth Matters: A Call For The American Bar Association To Acknowledge Its Past And Make Reparations To African Descendants, Adjoa A. Aiyetoro

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Diversity On The Bench And The Quest For Justice For All, Theresa M. Beiner

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How The Contentious Nature Of Federal Judicial Appointments Affects "Diversity" On The Bench, Theresa M. Beiner

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Twenty-Five Years Of A Divided Court And Nation: "Conflicting" Views Of Affirmative Action And Reverse Discrimination, Shaakirrah R. Sanders

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

The Elusive (But Worthwhile) Quest For A Diverse Bench In The New Millennium, Theresa M. Beiner

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Commercial And Corporate Lawyers 'N The Hood, Alfred Dennis Mathewson

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

Racial Equality In The Twenty-First Century: What's Tax Policy Got To Do With It?, Dorothy A. Brown

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

Racial Equity In Housing, Chester Hartman

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

Culturally Significant Speech: Law, Courts, Society, And Racial Equity, Larry Catá Backer

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

Higher Education Admissions And The Search For One Important Thing, Michael A. Olivas

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

Giving Birth To A Racially Just Society In The 21st Century, David Hall

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

Racism In Athletics: Subtle Yet Persistent, Timothy Davis

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

It Is Not Right Under The Constitution To Stop And Frisk Minority People Because They Don't Look Right, L. Darnell Weeden

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

The Role Of Assets In Assuring Equity, Cruz Reynoso

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

Setting An Agenda For The Study Of Tax And Black Culture, Beverly Moran

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

Environmental Justice: The Path To A Remedy That Hits The Mark, Ora Fred Harris Jr.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

Say It Loud: Indirect Speech And Racial Equality In The Interrogation Room, C. Antoinette Clarke

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

Race, Law, And Culture: A Call To New Thinking, Leadership, And Action, Wendell L. Griffen

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

American Indian Education: The Terror Of History And The Nation's Debt To The Indian Peoples, Raymond Cross

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

Race And Higher Education: A Rallying-Cry For Racial Justice And Equal Educational Opportunity, Pace Jefferson Mcconkie

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

Scenes From The Southside: A Desegregation Drama In Five Acts, Jennifer E. Spreng

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review