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Are You Registered To Vote?Find voter registration options in your state.
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Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight For the VoteThis past August marked the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing and protecting women's constitutional right to vote. In commemoration, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden opened "Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote," a new exhibition that features artifacts and documents from the women who changed political history 100 years ago.
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History of Integration at UT AustinPanel discussion about the book "As We Saw It", the story of integration through the perspective of the faculty, administrators, and the Black students who boldly created a path for progress at The University of Texas.
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Racial Geography Tour of UT AustinIn-Depth DiscussionIn-depth discussion about the racial history of certain areas of The University of Texas campus.
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The Diminishing Black Community in AustinWhy is the Austin community losing its African American residents in such numbers, and what does this mean for Texas Development and our Diversity & Inclusion initiatives, particularly as we strive to recruit more and stronger diverse candidates to the Forty Acres and Texas Development?
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History of The Black Experience: The Great Migrations and the Transformation of Urban America (1920-1965)
- Push/Pull Migration Factors
- White Flight and the Making of Modern Conservatism
- The Making of a Black Underclass
- Red-Lining and Housing Discrimination
- Employment Bias
- De-Facto School Segregation in the Urban North
- Police Brutality
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History of The Black Experience: The Civil Rights Movement (1954-1965)- Economic Roots of Black Protest
- Cold War, Civil Rights
- Violent White Resistance
- The Debate over Violence vs. Non-Violence
- Local Movements
- Civil Rights Legislation
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History of The Black Experience: The Black Power Movement (1965-1972)
- Push/Pull Migration Factors
- White Flight and the Making of Modern Conservatism
- The Making of a Black Underclass
- Red-Lining and Housing Discrimination
- Employment Bias
- De-Facto School Segregation in the Urban North
- Police Brutality
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History of The Black Experience: Black Life and the Conservative Counterrevolution (1980s - Present)
- The Privatization, Segregation, and End of Public Education
- Gentrification
- Mass Incarceration and the New Jim Crow
- Voter Suppresion in the Age of Trump
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History of The Black Experience: Black Political Control of Major Cities
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Speaking of Health: "Racism and Health Equity"
Daniel E. Dawes is the Morehouse School of Medicine's Director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute and Associate Lead for Government Relations.
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Diversity Best Practices Guide—2020 EditionIn an effort to further advance the important diversity enhancement efforts of the legal community, this Guide serves as a compilation of best diversity, equity, and inclusion practices derived from industry research and interviews of law firm and law school professionals. It strives to serve as a resource for law firm and law school professionals aiming to craft tailormade diversity, equity, and inclusion plans that best fit their organizational culture and goals.
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To Improve Diversity and Inclusion, Use Your Law Firm's BrandThis article will look at how lawyer brand development can be successfully implemented as a tool to increase diversity, increase Emotional Quotient (EQ), reduce bias, and make us a more inclusive legal community. This will allow more innovative and creative solutions to show up in the legal profession for the benefit of lawyers, our clients, and society as a whole.
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Faces of Power: 80% Are White, Even as U.S. Becomes More Diverse**A review by The New York Times of more than 900 officials and executives in prominent positions found that about 20 percent identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, multiracial or otherwise a person of color. About 40 percent of Americans identify with one of those groups.
Even where there have been signs of progress, greater diversity has not always translated to more equal treatment.
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** NYTimes subscription may be required.
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Coaching 4 Good | Anti-Racism ResourcesAn innovator in career and leadership development, Coaching 4 Good is a collective of seasoned, certified coaches dedicated to maximizing personal, professional and social impact. Coaching 4 Good continues to raise awareness about systemic racism and have created their own list of anti-racism resources.
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2019 Report on Diversity in U.S. Law FirmsThe National Association for Law Placement (NALP) has released its 2019 Report on Diverisity in US Law Firms—the annual compendium of legal employer data published by NALP. This report shows how women and people of color continued to make incremental gains in representation at major U.S. law firms in 2019 compared with 2018, according to the latest law firm demographic findings. Additionally, despite steady gains, great structural and cultural hurdles remain that prevent law firms from being able to measure more rapid progress in increasing diversity, particularly among the partnership ranks.
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Representation of Women and Minority Equity Partners Among Partners Little Changed in Recent YearsAccording to a study by the National Association for Law Placement (NALP), since 2011, there is a definite skew among women and minority lawyers who are partners toward non-equity status. Partners in general continue to be disproportionately both male and white (almost 71% white and male in 2018), and in multi-tiered firms the skew toward men and non-minorities among equity partners appears to be somewhat greater than among partners as a whole.
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Location! Location! Location!NPR Code SwitchIt's the force that animates so much of what we cover on Code Switch. And on the 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, we take a look at some ways residential segregation is still shaping the ways we live. We head to a border with an ironic name, before dropping in on a movement to remap parts of the South.
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Peniel Joseph on Black Power and the Struggle for America's SoulTexasMonthlyOn The National Podcast of Texas, the LBJ School professor and author walks us through how protest, empathy, and action can dismantle racial oppression.
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We add our voice and support to the work, words, and ideals expressed by many others in The University of Texas community:
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Austin Organizations Helping Push Anti-Racist Initiatives:
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