UPDATE JUNE 28: The Supreme Court today handed down its decision on the Seattle and Louisville schools cases. Read our statement here. This term, the Supreme Court faces a question that it set itself on a collision course with three decades ago.[1] The Court will decide whether school districts in Seattle and Louisville can considerContinue reading "Intent Doctrine: Its Relationship to Seattle and Louisville School Cases and the Need to Preserve Brown’s Legacy"
Latinos, Military and Citizenship
Recently Eva Paterson asked about the relationship between the civil rights and the war in Iraq. I began to think about the complex relationship between Latinos, Military and Citizenship. Military recruiters target Latino neighborhoods and schools. This is essentially a poverty and race draft, and is definitely a civil rights issue. There are troubling reportsContinue reading "Latinos, Military and Citizenship"
‘Unflagging Courage’ by Elaine Elinson in LA Daily Journal
Unflagging CourageBy Elaine ElinsonLos Angeles Daily JournalJune 14, 2007Charlotte Gabrielli was 9 years old in 1936, when she was suspended from Fremont Elementary School in Sacramento. The bright little girl with brunette sausage curls and a sweet smile was not suspended for misbehaving; in fact, she was trying to obey her parents' instructions. Her parents,Continue reading "‘Unflagging Courage’ by Elaine Elinson in LA Daily Journal"