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    Racial Diversity and Education Policy

    Members of Congress, education advocates, students, and former Department of Education officials talked about race and education . Topics included improving the public education system in ur…

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    LGBT Civil Rights

    Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Commissioner Chai Feldblum spoke at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law about Friday’s Supreme Court ruling legal…

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    Education Achievement Gap

    Representative Bobby Scott hosted a forum on education policy as Congress prepared to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Among the topics addressed were past policies re…

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    Public School Integration

    Panelists talked about federal funding and opportunities available to promote K-12 racial and economic integration. They focused on incentives in current and proposed federal policies, regul…

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    Governmental Role in Integration

    Policymakers, civil rights advocates and scholars spoke about racially and economically integrated K-12 public schools. They focused on incentives in current and proposed federal policies, r…

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    Ricci v. Destefano Oral Argument Reactions

    Participants spoke to the press after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Ricci v. Destefano. The Court would decide if New Haven, Connecticut, city officials discrimin…

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    Civil Rights Issues

    Mr. Brittain and Mr. Haynes spoke about civil rights issues and recent court decisions. They also answered telephone calls and electronic mail.

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    Alito Supreme Court Nomination

    During the scholar’s forum “Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr.: An African-American Perspective,” a panel discussion was held on the record of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. The panelists …

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