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Show of Support for Affirmative Action Policy. Dana Jean Schemo (NY Times), San Jose Mercury News (2/18/03). Dozens of influential amicus curia briefs filed in support of U. of Michigan Law School's admissions policy, challenged before Supreme Court by Bush administration.

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In the Library: Articles

Wilkins, Roger. "The case for affirmative action: racism has its privileges," Nation (3/27/95).

In the Library: Non-Fiction Books

Appelt, Erna & Monika Jarosch. Combatting Racial Discrimination: Affirmative Action as a Model for Europe (Oxford: Berg, 2000).

Beckwith, Francis J. & Todd E. Jones (eds.) Affirmative Action: Social Justice or Reverse Discrimination? (NY: Prometheus, 1997).

Belz, Herman. Equality Transformed: A Quarter-Century of Affirmative Action (New Brunswick NJ: Transaction, 1991).

Bergmann, Barbara R. In Defense of Affirmative Action (NY: Basic Books, 1996).

Blanchard, Fletcher A. & Faye J. Crosby (eds.) Affirmative Action in Perspective (NY: Springer-Verlag, 1989).

Bolick, Clint. The Affirmative Action Fraud: Can We Restore the American Civil Rights Vision? (Washington: Cato Institute, 1996).

Block, W.E. & M.A. Walker. Discrimination, Affirmative Action & Equal Oportunity (Vancouver BC: Fraser Institute, 1982).

Cahn, Steven M. (ed.) The Affirmative Action Debate (NY: Routledge, 1995).

Capaldi, Nicholas. Out of Order: Affirmative Action & the Crisis of Doctrinaire Liberalism (Buffalo: Prometheus, 1985).

Caplan, Lincoln. Up Against the Law: Affirmative Action & the Supreme Court (NY: 20th Century Fund, 1997).

Carter, Stephen L. Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby (NY: Basic Books, 1991).

Chávez, Lydia. The Color Bind: California's Battle to End Affirmative Action (Berkeley: U. California, 1998).

Clayton, Susan D. & Faye J. Crosby. Justice, Gender, & Affirmative Action (Ann Arbor: U. Michigan, 1992).

Colamery, S.N. Affirmative Action: Catalyst or Albatross? (Commack NY: Nova Science, 1998).

Cose, Ellis. (NY: HarperCollins, 1997).

Curry, George E. (ed.) The Affirmative Action Debate (Reading MA: Addison-Wesley, 1996).

Delgado, Richard. The Coming Race War? : and Other Apocalyptic Tales of America After Affirmative Action & Welfare (NY: NYU, 1996).

Drake, Willie Avon & Robert D. Holsworth. Affirmative Action & the Stalled Quest for Black Progress (Urbana: U. Illinois, 1996).

Edley, Christopher F. Not All Black & White: Affirmative Action, Race, & American Values (NY: Hill & Wang, 1996).

Edwards, John. When Race Counts: The Morality of Racial Preference in Britain & America (NY: Routledge, 1995).

Ezorsky, Gertrude. Racism & Justice: The Case for Affirmative Action (Ithaca: Cornell U., 1991).

Fair, Bryan K. Notes of a Racial Caste Baby: Color Blindness & the End of Affirmative Action (NY: NYU, 1997).

Feinberg, Walter. On Higher Ground: Education & the Case for Affirmative Action (NY: Teachers College, 1998).

Fiscus, Ronald J. The Constitutional Logic of Affirmative Action (Durham: Duke, 1992).

Foster, James C. & Mary C. Segers. Elusive Equality: Liberalism, Affirmative Action & Social Change in America (Port Washington NY: Associated Faculty, 1983).

Fullinwider, Robert K. The Reverse Discrimination Controversy: A Moral & Legal Analysis (Totowa NJ: Rowman & Littlefield, 1980).

Gill, Gerald R. Meanness Mania: The Changed Mood (Washington: ISEP, 1980).

Greene, Kathanne W. Affirmative Action & Principles of Justice (NY: Greenwood, 1989).

Jones, Augustus J. Affirmative Talk, Affirmative Action: A Comparative Study of the Politics of Affirmative Action (NY: Praeger, 1991).

Kahlenberg, Richard D. The Remedy: Class, Race, & Affirmative Action (NY: Basic Books, 1996).

Laham, Nicholas. The Reagan Presidency & the Politics of Race: In Pursuit of Colorblind Justice & Limited Government (Westport CT: Praeger, 1998).

Lawrence, Charles. We Won't Go Back: Making the Case for Affirmative Action (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997).

McWhirter, Darien A. The End of Affirmative Action: Where Do We Go from Here? (NY: Carol, 1996).

Mills, Nicolaus (ed.) Debating Affirmative Action: Race, Gender, Ethnicity & the Politics of Inclusion (NY: Delta, 1994).

Mosley, Albert G. & Nicholas Capaldi. Affirmative Action: Social Justice or Unfair Preference? (Lanham MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1996).

Myers, Samuel L. Jr. (ed.) Civil Rights & Race Relations in the Post-Reagan-Bush Era (Westport CT: Praeger, 1997).

O'Neill, Timothy J. Bakke & the Politics of Equality: Friends & Foes in the Classroom of Litigation (Scranton PA: Wesleyan U, 1985).

Orlans, Harold & June O'Neill (eds.) Affirmative Action Revisited (Newbury Park CA: Sage, 1992).

Parikh, Sunita. The Politics of Preference: Democratic Institutions & Affirmative Action in the US & India (Ann Arbor: U. Michigan, 1997).

Post, Robert & Michael Rogin (eds.) Race & Representation: Affirmative Action (NY: Zone, 1998).

Rai, Kul B. & John W. Critzer. Affirmative Action & the University: Race, Ethnicity & Gender in Higher Eduction Employment (Lincoln: U. Nebraska, 2000).

Raza, M. Ali; A. Janell Anderson & Harry Glynn Custred Jr. The Ups & Downs of Affirmative Action Preferences (Westport CT: Praeger, 1999).

Skrentny, John David. The Ironies of Affirmative Action: Politics, Culture, & Justice in America (Chicago: U. Chicago, 1996).

Steinberg, Stephen. Turning Back: The Retreat from Racial Justice in American Thought & Policy (Boston: Beacon, 1995).

Swain, Carol M. (ed.) Race vs. Class: The New Affirmative Action Debate (Lanham MD: University Press of America, 1996).

Taylor, Bron Raymond. Affirmative Action at Work: Law, Politics, & Ethics (Pittsburgh: U. Pittsburgh, 1991).

Tomasson, Richard F.; Faye J. Crosby & Sharon D. Herzberger. Affirmative Action: The Pros & Cons of Policy & Practice (Lanham MD: American U, 1996).

Wyzan, Michael L. (ed.) The Political Economy of Ethnic Discrimination & Affirmative Action: A Comparative Perspective (NY: Praeger, 1990).

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