The 11 Most Important Policies That Impacted African Americans in The Last 50 Years
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MadameNoire
Proposition 209
California’s Proposition 209 was signed into law in 1996, banning public institutions from complying with affirmative action. The controversial policy set the national stage for other states to adopt similar bans including Michigan, Nebraska, Washington and Connecticut. The case for the Supreme Court to ban affirmative action gets stronger as more states adopt policies for their jurisdictions.
Date Enacted: November 1996
Proponent: Ward Connerly
Effect on African-Americans: Since the proposition went into effect after much opposition, African-American enrollment at the prestigious University of California system dropped significantly and the long term effects are still yet to be seen.
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