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...reason, the Coxes believe, is that the girls are black and the Coxes are white. "The issue is biology, not race," says Jeff Aikin of Human Services, which changed its position after the aunt demanded custody of the girls. But as Beverly remembers it, the aunt, who wants to care for the children without terminating her sister's parental rights, said, "I don't want the kids raised or adopted in a white home." The Coxes have appealed the removal order--and phoned Hillary Clinton's office seeking support. Two weeks ago, the First Lady ended her new syndicated newspaper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adoption in Black and White | 5/27/2008 | See Source »

...state funds from integrated schools, the Texas Supreme Court swept away the last legal obstacles to complete desegregation. It 1) declared invalid all sections of the state constitution and state statutes that required public-school segregation, and 2) knocked down that portion of the state's Gilmer-Aikin law that prohibited state funds to mixed schools. The decision, said Texas Attorney General John Ben Shepperd, "settles the law in Texas on a statewide basis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Report Card | 10/24/1955 | See Source »

...innocent maiden aunts (Jean Aikin and Ruth McDevitt) with the corpses in the basement are the most fascinating innovation in the American literature of the past few years. Slaughterers deluxe of the petite bourgeoisie, the nice old ladies are rivaled only by their nephew (Bela Lugosi) whose 11 murders falls one short of their total...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAYGOER | 3/21/1944 | See Source »

This afternoon at 4 o'clock Aikin will discuss the significance of curricular changes in connection with the Eight-Year Study at the Soden Building, 84 Exeter Street, Boston. Group meetings will follow this general conference at 4:50 and 7 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EDUCATION EXPERT TO DISCUSS STUDY | 7/27/1942 | See Source »

These Boston University meetings, which will be held in Boston today and tomorrow, July 27 and 28, and in Hunt Hall tomorrow and Wednesday, July 28 and 29, will be directed by Wilford M. Aikin, Director of the Eight-Year Study. In addition to the conferences in Boston, and the discussion meeting in Hunt Hall, there will be a luncheon here at the Faculty Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EDUCATION EXPERT TO DISCUSS STUDY | 7/27/1942 | See Source »

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