Sentences with phrase «against racial segregation»

Sadly, many of the few prohibitions that still exist are a relic of the Civil Rights era, when state lawmakers in certain states tried to use this out - dated concept to make it difficult for impoverished minority plaintiffs in Civil Rights cases to gain legal support in the battle against racial segregation.

Renowned South African street art performer Robin Rhode employs his black - and - white paintings to lay down the marker against racial segregation.

A Nova Scotian businesswoman, Desmond took a stand against racial segregation in 1946.

February 10, 2018 • Fifty years ago this week, three people were killed and more than 20 wounded during a demonstration against racial segregation in Orangeburg, S.C., in what became known as the Orangeburg Massacre.

Wake Up Rockland, one of McWilliams» recent projects, also received attention and provoked controversy with a silent demonstration against racial segregation at the Rockland Kosher Supermarket in Monsey.

And they answered the judiciary and said, We will not mention your decisions against racial segregation or discrimination in our diatribes in First Things.

Some of us who were so deeply involved in the urban mission, the fight against racial segregation.

Not exact matches

The purpose of this badge was to protest against racism in sport and racial segregation in the US.

New York state is joining a lawsuit filed against the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development and Secretary Ben Carson over a decision to delay an Obama - era rule intended to ensure that communities address racial segregation.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)- New York state is joining a lawsuit filed against the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development and Secretary Ben Carson over a decision to delay an Obama - era rule intended to ensure that communities address racial segregation.

Craig Gurian, a lawyer with the Anti-Discrimination Center, launched a lawsuit against the City in 2015, arguing the practice of keeping affordable units in housing lotteries for people from the local community worsens racial segregation, the New York Daily News reported.

In A Smarter Charter: Finding What Works for Charter Schools and Public Education, Richard D. Kahlenberg (author of the excellent Shanker biography Tough Liberal) and his Century Foundation colleague Halley Potter (a former teacher at Two Rivers Public Charter School in D.C.) weigh today's charter movement against Shanker's vision and find it too market - driven, too willing to tolerate racial segregation, and overall, disappointing.

PTAs in Richmond, Va., have taken an outspoken stance against the city's school choice policy, charging that it leads to racial and class segregation.

In Connecticut, there are laws against both excessive suspensions of students and racial / ethnic segregation of students, particularly for charter schools.

Bus Nut re-articulates the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, a political and social protest against US racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery Alabama and its relationship to an educational video on school bus safety.

The show's title evokes a very particular historical moment, specifically American racial segregation against blacks in the late 19th to mid 20th centuries.

It has also served as the basis for such critical Supreme Court cases like Brown v. Board of Education (barring racial segregation in education) and Loving v. Virginia (striking down laws against interracial marriage).