Segregation

United States Senator Roland W. Burris Delivers Floor Statement on Senate Resolution to Apologize for Slavery

June 18, 2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Roland W. Burris today delivered a statement on the Senate floor supporting Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) for their introduction of a resolution to apologize for slavery, Jim Crow laws, and policies of segregation and hate.

Senator Burris made the following remarks from the Senate floor:    » read more »

January 28, 2009 -- SANTA FE - New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson today signed an executive order creating the Task Force on Fair and Equal Pay. The Task Force will examine gender, ethnic and racial pay equity and job segregation within state government and recommend specific solutions to eliminate gaps.    » read more »

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley Files Brief Defending Lynn’s School Desegregation Program

July 17, 2007 -- BOSTON – Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley filed a brief today in United States District Court in Massachusetts urging the Court to deny a request by plaintiffs' attorneys in the case Comfort et al. v. Lynn School Committee et al. to re-open their challenge to the City of Lynn's voluntary, race-conscious school assignment plan.    » read more »

“Elections matter. And so do judicial confirmations.

June 28, 2007 -- "Today’s Supreme Court decision -- along with other recent decisions of the Roberts Court -- demonstrates this in a more immediate and tangible way then any of us could have imagined.

In this term, the Roberts Court has swept away precedent and settled law alike – and I fear that this is just the beginning.    » read more »

June 29, 2007 -- Across the country, people expressed dismay at yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling that turned back the clock on 53 years of work by schools around the country to provide all children with a quality education. Editorial boards echoed the sentiment saying that the Court “repudiated the last half-century of race-conscious efforts to overcome that tortured racial legacy,” “will accelerate the trend toward school resegregation in many parts of the country,” and that in the “name of abiding by the letter of Brown, the court has dishonored its spirit.”    » read more »