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Abigail Fisher

How Integrated Education Began at the University of Texas at Austin

Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Fisher versus the University of Texas. It’s a case that could bring an end to affirmative action, if the plaintiff, white student Abigail Fisher, wins. Integration in Texas – and the United States – began not with Brown v. the Board of Education, as many people […]

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