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Voluntary Race-Conscious Affirmative Action Plans: The Significance of Two Recent Supreme Court Decisions.
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Fischer, Louis – Equity and Excellence, 1987
Presents the United States Supreme Court's decisions in Wygant v. the Jackson Board of Education and in International Association of Firefighters v. City of Cleveland. Explores the decisions' more general applications to voluntary affirmative action plans. (PS)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Employment Practices
Voluntary Gender-Conscious Affirmative Action Plans: The Supreme Court Decision in Johnson v. Transportation Agency.
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Fischer, Louis – Equity and Excellence, 1987
Discusses background and decision of United States Supreme Court's first case related to affirmative action based on sex. Concludes that the majority of the Court support the principle of affirmative action when properly applied to overcome a history of both race and sex discrimination. (PS)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Employed Women