A Color-Conscious Constitution: The One Pervading Purpose "Redux.".

Tollett, Kenneth S.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1983

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A Color-Conscious Constitution: The One Pervading Purpose "Redux."

Tollett, Kenneth S.; And Others

Journal of Negro Education, v52 n3 p189-212 Sum 1983

Argues that the pervading purpose of the Reconstruction Amendments to the Constitution was not only to secure and firmly establish Blacks' freedom, but also to take color or race into account in remedying discrimination in violation of the spirit, if not the letter, of those amendments. (CMG)

Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Education, Blacks, Civil Rights Legislation, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Desegregation Litigation, Higher Education, Public Policy, Racial Discrimination, Racial Segregation, Reverse Discrimination

Publication Type: Historical Materials; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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