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General Resources

Affirmative Action
http://www.crge.umd.edu/publications/Intersections_98/inter98.html
Working papers presented at the symposium "Race Gender and Ethnicity in a Diverse Society: Examining Affirmative Action"

Civil Rights Law and History E-book Collection
http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/researchguides/civilrightsebooks.asp
Online catalog from the Thurgood Marshall Law Library at the University of Maryland-Baltimore
Supreme Court Decisions

Podberesky v. Kirwan

In May 1995, the Supreme Court refused to hear arguments in the case of Podberesky v. Kirwan, letting stand an appeals court ruling that the University of Maryland's Banneker minority scholarship program was unconstitutional.

Podberesky v. Kirwan, The Banneker Scholarship Case: Going Back to the Future for Affirmative Action Programs in Higher Education (Susan L. Bayly, Esq.* in Intersections'98 )
http://www.crge.umd.edu/publications/Intersections_98/podber.html
* General Counsel, University of Maryland, College Park.

UMD Experts

Transportation and Civil Rights


Kelly J. Clifton, Assistant Professor Urban Studies and Planning / Civil and Environmental Engineering
http://www.arch.umd.edu/URSP/People/faculty/kcliftonBio.htm
Work phone: 301 405 1945 E-mail: kclifton@umd.edu

Gender, Race, Sexuality and Civil Rights


Melinda Chateauvert, Assistant Professor African American Studies
  Work phone: 301 405 1164 E-mail: mchateau@umd.edu

AfricanvAmerican political leadership


Ronald W. Walters, Professor Government & Politics
Director, African American Leadership Institute,
http://www.academy.umd.edu/AboutUs/staff/RWalters.htm
Work phone: 301.405.1787 E-mail: rwalters@academy.umd.edu
Diamondback Archives

A 4-part series appeared on the Spring of 2005 addressing the integration and history of African Americans at the University of Maryland.

The Struggle Begins: Black students push for admission while a president looks for alternatives.
By Justin Fenton | February 22, 2005 http://www.diamondbackonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/02/22/421acc6195f33

Upheaval Begins: University struggles with integration.
By Justin Fenton | February 23, 2005 http://www.diamondbackonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/02/23/421c2b1d5e9a4

Weathering the storm: Bias' death, scholarship put school on defensive.
By Justin Fenton | February 24, 2005 http://www.diamondbackonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/02/24/421d6eee26596

Moving on from the past: Campus makes new diversity strides
By Justin Fenton | February 28, 2005 http://www.diamondbackonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/02/28/4222b0675a4cd

[Last updated on August 18, 2005 ]