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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Black icon namesake on the board of a huge private prison corp. maxed donation to HRC [View all]DhhD
(4,695 posts)22. The Clinton Administration helped set up the private prison system.
http://www.dunwalke.com/10_Clinton_Administration.htm
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/050426campus_edleysvision
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Thurgood Marshall lecture
To say that Edley, 52, is a passionate proponent of racial equality and equal opportunity in education would be an understatement. Hes known for being zealously obsessive about the issues. So it was no surprise that those matters dominated his eloquent, hour-long speech given as the 2005 honoree at the 16th Thurgood Marshall Lecture and Dinner, held in a packed banquet hall at a Bel-Air hotel on April 21.
The annual lecture honors the legacy of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Marshall and benefits the UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies.
Edley, co-founder of the Harvard Civil Rights Project, is the first African-American dean of a top-ranked U.S. law school. That he has also served as the adviser to former President Bill Clinton on race and affirmative action makes his message enormously influential and inspiring.
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http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/050426campus_edleysvision
snip
Thurgood Marshall lecture
To say that Edley, 52, is a passionate proponent of racial equality and equal opportunity in education would be an understatement. Hes known for being zealously obsessive about the issues. So it was no surprise that those matters dominated his eloquent, hour-long speech given as the 2005 honoree at the 16th Thurgood Marshall Lecture and Dinner, held in a packed banquet hall at a Bel-Air hotel on April 21.
The annual lecture honors the legacy of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Marshall and benefits the UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies.
Edley, co-founder of the Harvard Civil Rights Project, is the first African-American dean of a top-ranked U.S. law school. That he has also served as the adviser to former President Bill Clinton on race and affirmative action makes his message enormously influential and inspiring.
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Black icon namesake on the board of a huge private prison corp. maxed donation to HRC [View all]
Waiting For Everyman
Feb 2016
OP
It is. There are some who don't give a damn and to think that this is true is disheartening. Thank
roguevalley
Feb 2016
#6
That is why there will not be those FEMA concentration camps unless of course they are run
LiberalArkie
Feb 2016
#32
It wouldn't be nearly as important, if it wasn't for Clinton WH's War on Drugs, mass incarceration
99th_Monkey
Feb 2016
#40
Anyone who supports private fro-profit prisons has no place in the Democratic Party.
seaotter
Feb 2016
#52
The Congressional Black Caucus PAC that endorsed Clinton also gets for-profit prison money.
arcane1
Feb 2016
#55
I don't like these prisons, but don't have a problem with liberals serving on Boards.
Hoyt
Feb 2016
#56
Political pull via campaign donations so the politicians they own vote to make everything illegal,
Ikonoklast
Feb 2016
#82
Very disappointing and troubling. I feel the private prison industry is a disgrace, but
MerryBlooms
Feb 2016
#67