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For more than 40 years the Historic Documents series has made primary source research easy by presenting full primary documents and excerpts from documents on the important events of each year for the United States and the world. Each volume includes approximately 70 events with well over 100 documents from the previous year, from official or other influential reports and surveys, to speeches from leaders and opinion makers, to court cases, legislation, testimony, and much more.
Historic Documents is renowned for the well-written and informative background, history, and context it provides for each document. Each volume begins with an insightful essay that sets the year's events in context, and each document or group of documents is preceded by a comprehensive introduction that provides background information on the event. Full-source citations are provided. Readers have easy access to material through a detailed, thematic table of contents and a cumulative five-year index that directs them to related material in earlier volumes.
Supreme Court Rules on Affirmative Action in College Admissions: June 24, 2013
Supreme Court Rules on Affirmative Action in College Admissions: June 24, 2013
When the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging the admissions process at the University of Texas, many court-watchers braced for a major decision on affirmative action. Then, after oral arguments, the waiting began while more than eight months passed without a decision. Some thought this long wait meant that a decision of great importance was being carefully crafted; others wondered if intense negotiations were bogging the Court down. When the Court finally released its opinion on June 24, 2013, the result was not the anticipated game-changer. Opponents of affirmative action, who were hoping the Court would take this opportunity ...
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