• In 1967, Johnson expanded the Executive Order to include affirmative action requirements to benefit women. ... Bush complained that U-M gives greater weight to a minority applicant/s race than it does for a perfect score on college admissions tests. ... Examples of how points are awarded include: • White students who attend high schools that have predominantly minority students get 20 points. ... The lawsuit claims that two white students who claim they were denied admission as undergraduates in favor of less-qualified minority students. ... It's only fair becaus...

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In 1996, six minority employees filed suit against the oil giant Texaco. Texaco was charged for "systematic failure to promote minority employees and with fostering a racially hostile environment."" Evidence of secret tapes revealed that four top executives referred to minority employees as "black jelly beans- and "niggers."" ... This can often occur in the workplace by allowing for advantages to be given to a certain minority or majority of a race. ... The University contends that it looks for minorities within the large pool of qualified applicants. ...

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Precedents Martin v Struthers (1943): The right of freedom of speech and press includes not only the right to utter or to print, but the right to distribute, the right to receive, and the right to read. Weiman v Updegraff (1952): The right of freedom of speech and press includes the freedom of inquiry, freedom of thought, and freedom to teach. ... The Vote Majority: Douglas Concurring: Brennan, Harlan, White, Goldberg Minority: Black, Stewart Effect of the Decision This decision went a long way to establishing a basic sphere of personal privacy to which all people are entitled. ...

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He states that because everyone is equal minorities get special privleges through affirmative action to insure they are equal. ... The kit includes a photo of Freeman in his costume as Theodore Joadson and then offers a worksheet with questions about the career of Joadson. ...

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Assignment The Declaration of Independence states "that all men are created equal." What did the Founders mean by "all men?" How have Constitutional amendments, federal laws and the courts expanded or contracted Americans' civil rights over time? Provide examples to back up what you say. Discuss ...

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Since the Civil War, much of the concern over civil rights in the United States has focused on efforts to extend these rights fully to African Americans. Resistance to racial segregation and discrimination with strategies such as civil disobedience, nonviolent resistance, marches, protests, boycotts, "freedom rides," and rallies received national attention in the struggle to end racial inequality. There were also continuing efforts to legally challenge segregation through the courts. Following the "separate but equal" decision of Plessy V. Ferguson in 1896, many Americans decided to push f...

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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is also important to older workers because its interpretation influences the interpretation of the ADEA and because older female workers and older minority workers are often subject to double or multiple discrimination. ... This includes decisions about hiring, firing, layoffs, pay, benefits, promotions, demotions, performance reviews, or any other condition of employment (Fleck, 2012). ... The fiscal year 2012 enforcement and litigation statistics, which include trend data, are available on the EEOC's website according to the EEOC. ... The reco...

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THURGOOD MARSHALL During the 20th century I have read many books, newspaper articles and seen news broadcasts on two of the most famous Afro American Pioneers: Martin Luther King and Thurgood Marshall. Martin Luther King fought all his life for equal rights for Afro Americans, but Thurgood Marshall help elevate the Afro American civil rights struggles through legal precedents and timely court decisions. Thomas G. Kraftenmaker a professor of Constitutional law at Georgetown University Law Center wrote, "When I think of great American lawyers I think of Thurgood Marshall, Abe Lincoln and Dani...

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At the beginning of our national history, it was written in our earliest state and national constitutions that "all men are born free and equal, and have natural, essential, and unalienable rights." Over time, the phrase "all men" began to be defined as "all men," meaning mankind, a word including w...

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