Ending Racial Preferences: The Michigan Story | 
| Author: Carol M. Allen
Publisher: Lexington Books
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1233158
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 440
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.5
ISBN: 0739124331
Dewey Decimal Number: 342.774087
EAN: 9780739124338
ASIN: 0739124331
Publication Date: June 28, 2008
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Ending Racial Preferences: The Michigan Story provides an in-depth account of the 2006 Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, told from the perspective of Toward A Fair Michigan, a non-partisan educational organization. The book also analyzes the campaigning and impact of similar initiatives in California, Florida, Washington, and the city of Houston.
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Definitive account of a modern civil rights struggle August 7, 2008
Carol M Allen's book, "Ending Racial Preferences: The Michigan Story will be the definitive treatment of the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI). With 422 pages and nearly 600 footnotes, Ms. Allen a research specialist in the Political Science Department at Michigan State University, has carefully documented the campaign which resulted in a 2006 amendment to the Michigan State Constitution banning racial and gender preferences in public employment, education and contracting. It was supported by 58% of the voters.
The story is an exciting one of near misses, ballot challenges, court cases, and scurrilous tactics. These initiative are coming to other states and readers interested in this issue could do no better than to read "Ending Racial Preferences."
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