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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: integration

integration stories: 5 news summaries

Your Skin Can Help You Hear, Study Finds

Subjects identify sounds better when paired with touch

Nov 25, 09 5:37 PM CST
(Newser) - What you feel can influence what you hear, a new study suggests. People were better able to identify aspirated sounds—those requiring a puff of air, like “pa” or “ta”—when the sound was paired with a puff of air on the back of the hand or... More »

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neuroscience • integration • hearing loss • academic research • ears

Dutch Hope US Model Will Integrate Schools

Plan was used during American civil rights movement

Jun 19, 08 1:29 PM CDT
(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.... More »

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

California to End Last Outpost
of Segregation: Prisons

Many expect surge in violence with change

Jun 15, 08 5:51 AM CDT
(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... More »

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California • prison system • segregation • integration • racial tension • California Department of Corrections • segregated prisons • Sierra Conservation Center in Jamestown • University of North Texas

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 O'Connor's Imprint Fades 

First female Supreme Court justice's legacy uncertain

Jun 10, 08 4:15 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Oliver Hill,
Civil Rights Crusader, Dies

Virginia lawyer played key role in Brown v. Board of Education

Aug 6, 07 3:37 AM CDT
(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... More »

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race • obituary • school • death • lawyer • civil rights • Thurgood Marshall • Oliver Hill • segregation • integration • US Supreme Court

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