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One Black Family, One Affirmative Action Ruling, and Lots of Thoughts

By: Audra D. S. Burch
The Supreme Court ruling is just the latest version of a question that the Whitehead family — and the nation — has been grappling with for years: How to deal with the legacy of slavery?

Affirmative Action Shaped Their Lives. Now, They Reckon With Its Legacy.

By: Amy Harmon
Black and Hispanic college graduates, whose lives were directly shaped by race-conscious college admissions, have complicated thoughts about the expected Supreme Court decision.

Why Did California Voters Reject Affirmative Action With Proposition 16?

By: Michael Powell and Ilana Marcus
The Supreme Court will soon rule on race-conscious college admissions, a core Democratic issue. But an analysis of a California referendum points to a divide between the party and voters.

Voters outside the Alameda County Courthouse casting their ballots in the 2020 election in Oakland, Calif.

Elite Virginia High School’s Admissions Policy Does Not Discriminate, Court Rules

By: Stephanie Saul
Parents had objected to Thomas Jefferson High School in Virginia changing its admissions policies, including getting rid of an exam. The case appears headed for the Supreme Court.

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va.

In Howard Address, Biden Warns of ‘Sinister Forces’ Trying to Reverse Racial Progress

By: Peter Baker and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
The president’s commencement address at Howard University, a historically Black institution, came as Democratic strategists have expressed concerns about muted enthusiasm for Mr. Biden among Black voters.

“Fearless progress toward justice often meets ferocious pushback from the oldest and most sinister of forces,” President Biden told Howard University’s graduating class.

UPenn Accuses a Professor of Racist Statements. Should She Be Fired?

By: Vimal Patel
Amy Wax and free speech groups say the university is trampling on her academic freedom. Students ask whether her speech deserves to be protected.

The University of Pennsylvania law school has been roiled by the statements of a law professor.

School District Sued Over Handling of Student’s Pledge of Allegiance Protest

By: Amanda Holpuch
A South Carolina high school teacher shoved a student against a wall after the teenager refused to stop for the pledge on her way to class, according to a federal lawsuit.

Marissa Barnwell’s parents said that they filed a federal lawsuit over how school officials handled their daughter’s refusal to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

DeSantis May Have Been Right

By: John McWhorter
The College Board amended its original plan for an A.P. African American studies course. It was probably for the best.

DeSantis May Have Been Right

By: John McWhorter
The College Board amended its original plan for an A.P. African American studies course. It was probably for the best.

The College Board’s Rocky Path, Through Florida, to the A.P. Black Studies Course

By: Anemona Hartocollis · Dana Goldstein and Stephanie Saul
The nonprofit met with Governor DeSantis’s state officials, who asked whether the course was “trying to advance Black Panther thinking.”

There had long been talk about the need for an Advanced Placement course focused on the Black experience. Now in a pilot program for African American studies, Rachel Williams-Giordano instructed the students Agustina Leon Perdomo, 16, center, and Riley Ferrell, 16, at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Cambridge, Mass.
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