Sentences with phrase «race relations since»

The question to which the Supreme Court recently gave a mistaken answer was: Has the revolution in race relations since enactment of the 1965 Voting Rights Act rendered the act's Section 5 anachronistic and hence unconstitutional as a no - longer defensible encroachment on the rights of the affected jurisdictions?

You won't find much subtlety in the solid period - piece drama «Marshall,» but you will find plenty of crowd - pleasing courtroom theatrics, some wonderful performances from the main players — and yes, all sorts of reminders of how far we've come in terms of race relations since the early 1940s, and how very, very far we still have to go.

At that time, however, there had been six decades of relative stagnation in race relations since the national compromise in the 1870s after the Civil War and Reconstruction.

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I even concluded that «not since Reconstruction has there been more reason to anticipate fundamental changes in American race relations; changes that will involve a development toward American ideals.»

Rasmussen: Majority Think Race Relations Haven't Improved Since Obama's Election National Review

One of the most anticipated books of the year (we, along with everyone else, have been buzzing about it since January), the new novel from the author of Salvage the Bones blends magical realism with race relations in the 21st - century American South.

Since chapter two's title can not be referring to racial relations, what else can «race» stand for?

Since 1998 Hargrave has produced a compelling, deeply personal body of work incorporating painting, drawing, sculpture and video that explore the dynamics between race, sexuality and religion in relation to his upbringing in the south and early adulthood as an African American gay male coming to terms with racial and sexual identity.

She cut her teeth as an articling student at the Ontario Labour Relations Board in 1990, and since then has represented workers in an eclectic mix of sectors — from horse - racing judges to Hebrew teachers.

It focuses on improving race relations, and since its inception it has awarded over 500 grants to organizations working to improve the racial climate by addressing diversity and racism in its many forms.