equality

The following Letter to the Editor was written in response to an editorial in the LA Times of Nov 30, 2012.  The editorial attacks the recent 6th Circuit decision which affirmed BAMN’s legal challenges and declared Michigan’s ban on affirmative action to be in violation of the 14th Amendment.  The LA Times claims to stand [...]

High school and college students rallied outside the courthouse on March 7th and then filled both the courtroom and an overflow room as BAMN attorney George Washington argued for the overturn of Prop 2, the ban on affirmative action in Michigan. On the occasion of the court proceedings, Black Agenda Radio interviewed both George Washington [...]

Michigan Students Travel to Cincinnati to Support Affirmative Action at 6th Circuit Court of Appeals On Wednesday, March 7, 2012, a 15-judge en banc panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in their review of the 6th Circuit ruling last summer that Proposal 2, the ban on affirmative action in Michigan, is unconstitutional. George Washington, attorney for [...]

Middle school, high school and college students filled the court Monday, February 13, to demand that Latina/o, black and Native American students have an equal right to attend the University of California. “Proposition 209 has created a New Jim Crow regime in California, in which the state denies equal access to its best public universities [...]

All Out to Cincinnati on March 7th! On March 7th at 1pm in Cincinnati,Ohio the full panel of 17 Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals judges will review their peers’ ruling that the ban on race-conscious admissions in Michigan is illegal and that affirmative action must be restored. The presence of hundreds of affirmative action supporters inside and [...]

300 Bravo Magnet High School Students March Out of School on Tuesday and Protest at LAUSD Board Meeting   Students send a loud and clear message that attacks on LAUSD’s opportunities for high quality and integrated education will not be tolerated   Magnet School/Integration and Busing Programs saved from chopping block, for now   See [...]

Say No to the New Jim Crow! Realize Dr. King’s Dream in Michigan! Day of Action to Defend Affirmative Action Rally & March November 17 at 12Noon Gather on the UM Diag Increase Black, Latina/o, Native American and Other Underrepresented Minority Student Enrollment Now! In-state Tuition for Michigan’s Undocumented Students & Pass the DREAM Act [...]

Excerpts From the Brief Yesterday, BAMN’s legal team at Scheff, Washington & Driver filed the legal brief in defense of our victory last summer to overturn Prop 2 and restore affirmative action in Michigan. The brief was a response to the attempt by the opponents of affirmative action (lead by Michigan’s Attorney General Bill Scheutte) to reverse our [...]

The Fight for Integration & Equality “You do not wipe away the scars of centuries by saying: Now you are free to go where you want, and do as you desire, and choose the leaders you please. You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring [...]