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  • June 2008

    • Dutch Hope US Model Will Integrate Schools

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Jun 19, 08 1:29 PM CDT

      Dutch Hope US Model Will Integrate Schools

      (Newser) - Dutch leaders believe an integration program honed during the American civil rights movement can curb the racial and class divisions rampant in Amsterdam’s classrooms. Waves of immigrants have swept into the Netherlands, but they haven’t always mixed successfully with native Dutch, reports the Christian Science Monitor. “Segregation is a big issue here, and it's getting worse," said one official. More »

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      race  • school  • parents  • Netherlands  • Amsterdam  • segregation  • integration  • Dutch government

    • California to End Last Outpost of Segregation: Prisons

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Jun 15, 08 5:51 AM CDT

      California to End Last Outpost of Segregation: Prisons

      (Newser) - California will fully integrate its prison system next month, making it one of the last states to do so, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The state will end the practice of separating new arrivals to the nation's largest prison system based on race. Both guards and inmates are bracing for a spike in racial violence in cramped cells. More »

    • O'Connor's Imprint Fades

      USA Today  |  Jun 10, 08 4:15 PM CDT

      O'Connor's Imprint Fades

      (Newser) - Even as Sandra Day O’Connor public profile as an advocate for Alzheimer’s disease research grows, the legal imprint of the first woman Supreme Court justice is fading, USA Today reports. Since her departure, the Roberts court has shifted course on abortion and retreated from positions supported by her swing vote on affirmative action and campaign finance. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • abortion  • law  • John Roberts  • Samuel Alito  • Sandra Day O'Connor  • integration  • Samuel A. Alito  • justices

  • August 2007

    • Oliver Hill, Civil Rights Crusader, Dies

      Richmond Times-Dispatch  |  Aug 6, 07 3:37 AM CDT

      Oliver Hill, Civil Rights Crusader, Dies

      (Newser) - Oliver Hill, a Virginia civil rights crusader whose work contributed to the Brown v. Board of Education decision against school segregation, died yesterday at 100. Described as "last lion of the civil-rights movement," Hill was a survivor of D-Day's Omaha Beach landing, and close friends with Justice Thurgood Marshall, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. More »

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      obituary  • US Supreme Court  • race  • death  • civil rights  • school  • lawyer  • segregation  • integration

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