Fannie Bates of Oklahoma City: I was admitted to American University as part of their affirmative action program, because I was from Little Dixie (or, as sociologists call it, “Little Appalachia”). It had nothing to do with race. Affirmative action has helped thousands of people of all races. Overall, I think it has done more
Opposing SJR 15 – Oklahoma’s Anti-Affirmative BillOklahoma City, Oklahoma – A local Democratic Party women’s group will host a political forum on Tuesday, May 3rd, at Langston University – Oklahoma City Campus from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm. The event is billed as a non-partisan public education community forum. Panelists will discuss the ramifications of
Save Affirmative Action in Oklahoma!Public Education ~ Panel DiscussionTuesday, May 3, 2011 · 6:00pm – 8:00pmLangston University – Oklahoma City Campus4205 N. Lincoln BoulevardOklahoma City, OK 73105The Oklahoma Senate has recently passed SJR 15, which will end affirmative action in Oklahoma public employment, public education, and public contracting. The legislation has also been advanced by
“We, the people.” It is a very eloquent beginning. But when that document [the Preamble to the US Constitution] was completed on the seventeenth of September in 1787 I was not included in that “We, the people.” I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake.
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