Article is a transcript of a press conference held March 19, 1969 by Dr. Kenneth B. Clark and Mr. Aryeh Neier.

This testimony, by the General Counsel for the National Association Advancement Colored People before the May 1974 public hearings of the New York City Commission on Human Rights, discusses the case entitled "Jeffrey Hart et al Vs The Community School Board of Brooklyn, District 21", which has come to be known as both the Weinstein case…

On May 1, 1972, the Public Education Association held an Educational Forum on Title I, Elementary Secondary Education Act in an attempt to pinpoint and, if possible, clarify some of the major problems and issues, particularly as they relate to New York City. In a decentralized school system, for example, which agency is the Local Educational…

This monograph explores the Hispanic experience of the criminal justice system by examining statistics provided by Federal, State, and local agencies. A review of the literature provides a theoretical perspective from which to view the data. Examination of the first set of data begins with a description of the experiences of Puerto Ricans in the…

In March of 1971, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that "if an employment practice which operates to exclude Negroes cannot be shown to be related to job performance, the practice is prohibited." Although the decided case concerned discrimination on the basis of race, the act also bars discrimination because of religion, sex,…

The plaintiffs are some 30 Puerto Rican and Hispanic parents and their 57 minor children who attend Public School 19 (hereinafter P.S. 19) in Brooklyn. The defendants are the members of the Community District School Board Number 14 and of the New York City Board of Education. The Community Superintendent William Rogers and Chancellor Irving Anker…