CNN
Cnn: White House Opposes "Flawed" Affirmative Action
This site describes the George W. Bush administration's decision to challenge the affirmative action policies in the University of Michigan's admission processes. Gives reactions from various civic leaders.
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Proposition 209
This page contains a brief look at the consequences of the passage of Prop 209, especially on the UCLA campus. Read the text of a television interview regarding the controversy surrounding this affirmative action issue.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Arguments in Action: Mini Debates
This PDF lesson plan provides learners the opportunity to practice the use of logic within a debate structure. Students are given controversial debatable topics, prepare for the debate, and hold mini-debates.
CNN
Cnn: Narrow Use of Affirmative Action Preserved
CNN reports on the Supreme Court decision that allows race to be a factor for universities shaping their admissions programs, saying a broad social value may be gained from diversity in the classroom.
Illinois Institute of Technology
Oyez: Gratz v. Bollinger
This is a great resource that gives both a brief summary of the case Gratz v. Bollinger and audio of the oral arguments heard before the Supreme Court. A great resource for teachers/students learning about the court's position on...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Civil Rights: Demanding Equality
Teach the history of Civil Rights using this comprehensive learning module. Trace the movement from the 14th Amendment to modern times. The focus is on African American rights but also touches on women and disabled American's rights....
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: News
NPR has some great coverage of recent events. Use the search tool on the site and search for affirmative action. Reports go back as far as 1996. All of the reports are available as free AUDIO clips. If you cannot use audio, the text...
Other
Freshman Academy: New Approaches to Civil Rights [Pdf]
This section from an American History book covers the extension of the application of civil rights that were legislated in the 1960s. Read about busing, affirmative action, disability rights movement, and the Native American protest...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: The Supreme Court: Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)
PBS offers a synopsis of the landmark Supreme Court cases of Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger which "affirmed and refined its position on affirmative action".
Cornell University
Cornell University: Law School: Grutter v. Bollinger
U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the Grutter v. Bollinger case involving affirmative action.
Illinois Institute of Technology
Regents of University of California v. Bakke (1978)
The U.S. Supreme Court case that allowed affirmative action to be a criteria for admission decisions in institutes of higher education.
Other
U.s. Commission on Civil Rights: Equal Opportunity in Education
A report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights assessing the challenges in providing equal opportunity to all in education, and the status of affirmative action.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Wide Angle: At the University of Brasilia
Wide Angle video addresses the controversy surrounding affirmitive action and racial quotas at the University of Brasilia. [3:11]
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Al Sharpton
Biographical details on Al Sharpton who began preaching at age four and became an ordained Pentecostal minister at age 10. A colorful and popular figure in the African American community, he embarked upon controversial protests that...
Illinois Institute of Technology
Oyez Project: Richmond v. j.a. Croson Co. (1989)
This Supreme Court case concerns the concept of affirmative action. This site provides a brief description of the court case, contains a link to an audio file, and lists the justices who presided and how they voted.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Equal Protection
The Amendments protect our rights; but in defending one person's rights, another person may be harmed! The Fourteenth Amendment is discussed here with all the ensuing ramifications of decisions made on Affirmative Action, Women's Rights,...
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: Three Visions for African Americans
Learning Activity on the divergent views of African American leaders. Students review and compare the competing visions of Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. Du Bois. In addition, students choose a contemporary African...
Other
Landmark Cases: Regents of University of Ca v. Bakke (1978)
Read the background summary and the complete text of this important Supreme Court case that dealt with affirmative action. Included are many teacher directed activities to use to support the teaching of this case.
Other
International Civil Rights Center: Explore History: Civil Rights Movement
In 1960, four students at North Carolina A&T University decided to protest segregation laws by staging a sit-in at the Woolworth store lunch counter. Their action sparked a nation-wide protest by students that spread from just...
Other
International Civil Rights Center and Museum: America's Civil Rights Timeline
Provides a timeline of the civil rights movement from the Dred Scott Supreme Court case in 1857 up to the affirmative action policy instated at the University of Michigan Law School in 1992.
Other
Kirkwood Community College: Discrimination and Harassment
This site explains the discrimination and harassment policy in place at Kirkwood Community College and what to do if you experience or witness a form of either. Reference is made to their Equal Employment Opportunity Policies and...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Civil Rights Movement
This lesson plan on the Civil Rights movement is organized into three sections: "Identifying the Need for Change," "Ordinary People in the Civil Rights Movement," and "Historic Places in the Civil Rights Movement."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Civil Rights Special Collection
Multimedia collection of video, primary text documents and audio on Civil Rights, especially Brown vs. Board of Education.
Other
Sweatt v. Painter Archive
This site has just about everything one might want to know in an investigation of the important Supreme Court decision in Sweatt vs. Painter.
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