Civil Rights
Jan. 24, 2001
Balancing Hopes and Dreams
The celebration and remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday this month coincided with the beginning of trial in Grutter v. Bollinger, a challenge to race-based affirmative action at the University of Michigan Law School. The Michigan case demonstrates the need for educational institutions to retain affirmative action as necessary to offset the discrimination and bias that pervades traditional admissions policies.
The celebration and remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday this month coincided with the beginning of trial in Grutter v. Bollinger, a challenge to race-based affirmative action at the University of Michigan Law School. The Michigan case demonstrates the need for educational institutions to ret...
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