UEAALDF files brief in Supreme Court School Integration Cases

UEAALDF’s intervention into the critical
Los Angeles public schools desegregation case

Legal Documents:

Lawsuits brought by the
American Civil Rights Foundation and Pacific Legal Foundation:
Sept. 28, 2005 and Oct. 11, 2005

UEAALDF Legal Brief for Intervention
Jan. 31, 2006

UEAALDF Reply in Support of Motion to Intervene
Feb. 27, 2006

Declarations:

Issamar Camacho
LAUSD Student

Jose Miguel Camacho
LAUSD Student

Kim Yamasaki
LAUSD Student

Susan Yamasaki
Parent of LAUSD Student

Jennifer Gutierrez
LAUSD Student

Jay Greenfield
LAUSD Student

Yvorn Aswad-Thomas
LAUSD Student

 Legal pleadings in the the University of Michigan Law School affirmative action case, Grutter v. Bollinger: See University of Michigan website page on Grutter v. Bollinger
 

 Link to the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action & Integration and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary – BAMN, one of the three intervening civil rights organizations in Grutter v. Bollinger
 

 The Trial in Federal District Court: January/February 2001, Detroit, MI

“Trial Outline” - a one-page summary/guide to the trial testimony 
(PDF file)

Transcript of Gruttter v. Bollinger trial in Federal District Court (plaintext format)

What follows is the full transcript of the 15-day Grutter v. Bollingertrial. Taken in its entirety, the transcript reveals the breadth and depth of the defense of affirmative action at the University of Michigan Law School launched by the intervening student defendants in this historic trial.

The student defendants presented the strongest, most legally and sociologically comprehensive defense of affirmative action ever in the history of affirmative action litigation. Our groundbreaking case was not only the most rigorous legal defense ever made of affirmative action, it was also the broadest, most comprehensive exposition of race and racism ever put forward in an American court. We put racism and social inequality on trial.

Day 1 – Jan. 16, 2001 - Opening arguments; Stillwagon; Munzel
Day 2 – Jan. 17, 2001 - Larntz
Day 3 – Jan. 18, 2001 - Larntz; Motions; Bollinger; Lempert
Day 4 – Jan. 19, 2001 - Raudenbush; Shields
Day 5 – Jan. 22, 2001 - Syverud; Lehman
Day 6 – Jan. 23, 2001 - Dowdell; Orfield
Day 7 – Jan. 24, 2001 - Franklin; Rosner
Day 8 – Feb. 6, 2001 - Shapiro; Rosner; Escobar
Day 9 – Feb. 7, 2001 - James; Allen
Day 10 – Feb. 8, 2001 - Allen; Garcia; Foner
Day 11 – Feb. 9, 2001 - Garcia; White
Day 12 – Feb. 10, 2001 - Arguments; Larntz
Day 13 – Feb. 12, 2001 - Raudenbush; Wu; Smith
Day 14 – Feb. 15, 2001 - Lempert; Kappner
Day 15 – Feb. 16, 2001 - Closing arguments

 Victory at the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Transcript of Court of Appeals argument (PDF file) by Miranda Massie, UEAA lead attorney for the student defendants in Grutter v. Bollinger

From 1997 to 2003, UEAALDF spearheaded the historic pro-affirmative-action student intervention in the landmark Grutter v. Bollinger case and organized the 50,000-person March on Washington that succeeded at getting the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold affirmative action in colleges and universities throughout the nation.

We stand at a crucial juncture in race relations in America. Either we revive the struggle of Martin Luther King for genuine integration and equality, or we witness a New Jim Crow—a new, more hypocritical version of separate and unequal under the guise of “post-racial” politics.

Contribute to UEAALDF today to move America forward. UEAALDF is comprised mainly of student and youth activists who abound in leadership ability and determination, but lack adequate financial support. Below is more information about UEAALDF’s current work. UEAALDF is a 501(c)(3) organization. Checks may be made out to UEAALDF and mailed to P.O. Box 24462, Detroit, MI 48224. Credit card donations may be made online [link to donation site]. You are also encouraged to become a UEAALDF official sponsor by making a monthly donation at whatever level is right for you – just download, complete and mail in the attached form [click for form].

Defending Affirmative Action and Integration

UEAALDF has been fighting in the courts and in the streets to stop the right wing’s effort to affirmative action and the gains of the Civil Rights Movement.

In Arizona in summer 2008, a small group of student activists with BAMN (an affiliate of UEAALDF), working on only a shoestring budget, defeated a multimillion-dollar fraudulent ballot petition drive by California Republican Ward Connerly that aimed to qualify an anti-affirmative-action initiative for the state ballot. This stunning victory was achieved through petition blocking and public protest, and speaking out about the initiative’s fraud and racist aims.

UEAALDF is now pursuing a federal lawsuit that can overturn state bans on affirmative action in California (Prop 209), Washington (Initiative 200ntar), and Florida (One Florida Initiative) and strengthen affirmative action and integration nationwide. In November 2006, UEAALDF filed a federal challenge against Ward Connerly’s anti-affirmative-action Michigan constitutional amendment, Proposal 2, and is organizing educational tours to mobilize students across the country to win this case. See UEAALDF’s videotaped deposition of anti-affirmative-action activist Ward Connerly

In December 19, 2008, UEAALDF scored a victory defending the voluntary K-12 school desegregation plan of Los Angeles. UEAALDF mobilized hundreds of students and won the right to enter the case on their behalf, and argued aggressively for the preservation of Brown v. Board of Education. By using this method

Ending Separate and Unequal Treatment for Immigrants: We Are All America

UEAALDF is giving leadership to the potentially immense and powerful struggle for immigrant rights, organizing youth action to win the Dream Act, win a national Cesar Chavez Holiday, and to establish sanctuary schools and cities across the country. After BAMN student leaders organized walkouts in Los Angeles public schools on Cesar Chavez’s birthday demanding that the school district honor the state’s official Cesar Chavez holiday, the district voted March 24, 2009 to establish the holiday. UEAALDF’s current work to win the California and Federal Dream Acts (which would end the discriminatory denial of college financial aid for undocumented immigrant students) is an opportunity to advance the struggle against racism and for equal educational opportunity in America.

defeat these attacks. On the legal front, we have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court defending K-12 desegregation [click for brief -- Abobe PDF file]

Summer Leadership Project 2009

In summer 2009, UEAALDF is holding the Summer Leadership Project (SLP)to train student and youth leaders from across the country in the political knowledge and skills they need to be mass leaders of their schools and communities. Studying and looking critically at the examples of great leaders from the past such as Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and Frederick Douglass, the students in SLP learn the methods that are crucial to building the new civil rights movement today.

We Need Your Support

Please make a generous donation today. UEAALDF is a 501(c)(3) organization. Checks may be made out to UEAALDF and mailed to P.O. Box 24462, Detroit, MI 48224. Credit card donations may be made online [link to donation site]. You are also encouraged to become a UEAALDF official sponsor by making a monthly donation at whatever level is right for you – just download, complete and mail in the attached form [click for form].