The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development : July 2007

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The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development is named after Ronald H. Brown, a St. John’s University law school alumnus, who served as the first African-American Secretary of Commerce and the first African-American Chair of the Democratic National Committee. To honor his contributions to equal opportunity in the domestic workplace and expanded opportunities in the global marketplace, St. John’s University established the Ronald H. Brown Center. Its mission is "to engage in legal studies, research and outreach focusing on issues that affect the lives of underrepresented people while simultaneously educating law students to be leaders on issues of racial, economic and social justice."

July 2007 - Posts

The Morality of Using Race to Achieve Racial Balance in K-12 Public Schools

Posted Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:32 AM by Leonard Baynes

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In the recent Louisville and Seattle desegregation decisions, a plurality of the U.S. Supreme Court made it tougher for school districts to achieve racial diversity and eliminate racially isolated public school systems. In essence, the plurality found [Read More]

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