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Legislative Problems Surrounding Racially Balanced Public Schools, James Bolner Nov 1969

Legislative Problems Surrounding Racially Balanced Public Schools, James Bolner

Vanderbilt Law Review

For many years the political-legal attempts to implement the rights of the Negro minority in America have focused on the field of public education. It is the writer's view that current widespread confusion concerning the racial composition of public school populations forms a major obstacle to better racial relations.' This article is an examination of the ways in which the problem of racial concentrations of minorities in public schools has been met in a variety of forums: state legislatures, state and federal educational and civil rights agencies, and the United States Congress. The article is intended to enhance the reader's …

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Non-Discrimination In The Sale Or Rental Of Real Property, Edward W. Brooke, T. A. Smedley, Arthur Kinoy, Sam J. Ervin, Jr. Apr 1969

Non-Discrimination In The Sale Or Rental Of Real Property, Edward W. Brooke, T. A. Smedley, Arthur Kinoy, Sam J. Ervin, Jr.

Vanderbilt Law Review

The final version of the Fair Housing title anticipates a more active role for the federal government in the areas not presently covered by state or prior federal law. There is a central distinction between the protection afforded by the Act and the Jones decision. Where the latter recognizes the right of citizens to have their rights adjudicated, the former recognizes that not every victim of discrimination is willing or can afford to undergo the difficulty and expense of private litigation. The Fair Housing Law therefore provides for certain types of federal initiative to guarantee those rights. At the same …

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Jones V. Alfred H. Mayer Co.: Judicial Activism Run Riot, Sam J. Ervin, Jr. Apr 1969

Jones V. Alfred H. Mayer Co.: Judicial Activism Run Riot, Sam J. Ervin, Jr.

Vanderbilt Law Review

Those who make it their business to follow closely the work of the Supreme Court have noticed its tendency to save the most controversial decisions of the term for the last days in June, just before the Court recesses for the summer. One sometimes gets the impression that the Justices wish to be far away from the summer storms produced by these decisions, returning to Washington in the quieter days of the fall. Thus it was not surprising that the Court saved its decision in Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. until June 17, 1968, and then promptly left town. …

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"Black Heritage", Alex Haley Feb 1969