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Remember the East LA Blowouts
By Gustavo Arellano ~ LA Times ~ February 28, 2018 High school students nationwide have vowed to ditch their classrooms on March 14 and call for gun control in the wake of ... -
A call to Commemorate the “Father of Black Psychology” and EOP Program Founder
By Armando Vazquez-Ramos ~ CSULB Daily 49er ~ December 3, 2017 With Dr. Joseph L. White’s death, his contributions to CSULB should be recognized... With the passing of Dr. Joseph L. ... -
Tucson’s Mexican Studies Program Was a Victim of ‘Racial Animus,’ Judge Says
By: Maggie Astor, New York Times ~ Originally published on Aug. 23, 2017 Arizona school officials were motivated by racial animus when they acted to shut down a Mexican-American studies ... -
America is more diverse than ever before, but its schools are growing more segregated
By: Beverly Daniel Tatum, Los Angeles Times ~ Sept. 12 2017 America’s school-age population is more diverse than ever before, reflecting the demographic shift rapidly taking place in our country. America’s schools, however, ... -
Federal judge says Arizona's ban on Mexican American studies is racially discriminatory
By: Jaweed Kaleem , Los Angeles Times ~ Aug. 22, 2017 A federal judge in Arizona ruled Tuesday that the state’s controversial ban on ethnic studies was motivated by racial discrimination. The decision ... -
A Judge Is About To Rule Whether Banning Mexican-American Studies Is Constitutional
Arizona Republicans accused teachers of stoking racial discord. But the law they passed in response may violate the Constitution. By: Roque Planas, HuffPost ~ August 8, 2017 TUCSON, Ariz. ― When ... -
Mexican-American studies ban back in court
By: Ryan Santistevan, The Republic | azcentral.com ~ July 3, 2017 Seven years ago the Arizona Legislature passed a law banning Tucson public schools' Mexican-American Studies program. The furious debate over House ... -
Roberto Rodriguez: The Mexican American Studies trial: a war of civilizations?
By Roberto Rodriguez, The Arizona Daily Star ~ July 2, 2017 The Mexican American Studies trial is underway in Tucson’s federal court, and yet the historic trial will never receive ... -
When Martin Luther King Came Out Against Vietnam
By: DAVID J. GARROW, New York Times ~ April 4, 2017 Fifty years ago today — and one year to the day before his assassination — the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther ... -
Seattle Schools may make ethnic studies mandatory
By ANN DORNFELD, Kuow ~ MAR 9, 2017 The Seattle School Board is considering a proposal from the Seattle-King County NAACP to require ethnic studies at every school — and possibly make the ...
