Chinh Q. Le
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- July 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807835128
- eISBN:
- 9781469602585
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807869208_frankenberg.8
- Subject:
- Education, History of Education
This chapter traces the history of civil rights enforcement, paying particular attention to the politicization that occurred under the administration of George W. Bush in the Office of Civil Rights ...
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This chapter traces the history of civil rights enforcement, paying particular attention to the politicization that occurred under the administration of George W. Bush in the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, and the subsequent damage to the civil rights agenda. It also offers political, legal, and policy recommendations for advancing the integration agenda. First, it sets forth a proposal to address hundreds of cases on the federal government's school desegregation docket. Second, it offers a series of recommendations on how the federal government can develop an affirmative strategies for voluntary school integration.Less
This chapter traces the history of civil rights enforcement, paying particular attention to the politicization that occurred under the administration of George W. Bush in the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, and the subsequent damage to the civil rights agenda. It also offers political, legal, and policy recommendations for advancing the integration agenda. First, it sets forth a proposal to address hundreds of cases on the federal government's school desegregation docket. Second, it offers a series of recommendations on how the federal government can develop an affirmative strategies for voluntary school integration.
