K.C. Star editorial board member speaks out on affirmative action and the potential November ’08 ballot initiative By E. Thomas McClanahan Eleven years ago, California voters approved a ballot issue banning racial preference by state government. Now a campaign for a similar measure has begun in Missouri, Colorado, Arizona and Oklahoma. What’s interesting about this […]

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AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS COALITION P.O. Box 188350 Sacramento, CA 95818 (916) 444-2278 (916) 444-2279 fax www.acrc1.org For Immediate Release May 22, 2007 Contact: Jennifer Gratz 916-444-2278 The recent release by the Census Bureau of statistics showing the enormous growth of the minority population in the U.S. provides yet more evidence that it is time to […]

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KMOX radio host Paul Harris, talks with Tim Asher (executive director of the MO Civil Rights Initiative) and State Sen. Joan Bray, about a proposed referendum on affirmative action in Missouri. Listen to the debate here.

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The battle lines are being drawn for the looming war on the question of reforming affirmative action in Missouri. African American members of the legislature held a press conference at the Capitol yesterday, denouncing a new group’s efforts to place an anti-affirmative action initiative on the November ’08 ballot. The Lin County Leader conducted an […]

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She sure sounded like one while grilling Katie Smith: “You’re not a farmer,” said Senate Minority Leader Maida Coleman, D-St. Louis. “We’re never going to reach the level of equality for men and woman or any other race if we make exceptions Then again, she could really just be against Matt Blunt appointees too…

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Pub Def has a piece on Freshman legislator Talibdin El-Amin’s views on the recent announcement by a new organization to reform affirmative action in Missouri. The Missouri Civil Rights Initiative held a press conference in Kansas City last month to announce their effort. El Amin says in the piece that the “numbers” prove discrimination still […]

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