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[Itinerary]
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Defend Affirmative Action and
Save Brown v. Board of Education!
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On April 1, thousands of high school and college students will march
through the streets of Washington, DC to the U.S. Supreme Court
demanding that the high court uphold affirmative action in the
University of Michigan cases.
These two cases represent a turning point in regard to race relations
and for our entire society. This is a struggle for integration and
equality in education and throughout American life. Now is the time to
stand up.
Affirmative action is a desegregation plan for higher education. If
affirmative action is barred, higher education in America will be
resegregated. Already, integration plans in K-12 education have been
attacked across the country. As a result, segregation in K-12 education
increased dramatically.
A VICTORY AT THE SUPREME COURT will open up a new struggle for progress
towards integration and equality in education and throughout American
society. A victory will present a better opportunity than we have had
for generations to reconcile the segregated, unequal reality of our
educational system with the hope and pride that the overwhelming
majority of Americans of all races feel in the prospect of integration
and equality.
A DEFEAT would outlaw any and all active integrationist measures in this
society, without which there has never been and can never be any
prospect of genuine integration. If positive integrationist measures are
barred, Brown v. Board of Education will be a dead letter.
An unprecedented, public divide between President Bush and Secretary of
State Colin Powell over the University of Michigan affirmative action
policies illustrates the peculiar importance of these cases. The outcome
of this struggle teeters on a razor's edge between victory and defeat.
Your voice and your organizing can tip the balance. Only this civil
rights march can guarantee victory in these critical cases. We have a
little over two months to force a positive change in history.
BEGIN ORGANIZING a contingent from your school, trade union, church, or
community organization immediately. Do not wait to hear back from us.
Spread the word about the march; take the pledge and call to action (see
below); email everyone you know, all your friends and relatives. Tell
them this historic turning point demands their voice.
Now is the time to affiliate your organization to BAMN or form a local
chapter of BAMN (Guidelines this are found in
points #1 & 2 in the
BAMN Principles).
The new civil rights movement must meet either victory or defeat at the
Supreme Court with a greatly expanded fight to make real the promise of
Brown v. Board of Education - the long-deferred promise of
integration and equality.
Please contact us with any ideas or questions. Please forward this
information everywhere. Together, we can win.
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WHAT WE NEED
FROM YOU
TO BUILD THE NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH ON WASHINGTON:
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