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...four-day Color Lines Conference, organized by Harvard’s Civil Rights Project (CRP), was packed with high-profile events, including a speech by a top official from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the presentation of a major study revealing unusually high segregation in Boston-area neighborhoods and elementary schools. University President Lawrence H. Summers was a late addition to the list of speakers (please see related story at right...
According to organizers—including the Harvard Civil Rights Project (CRP) and the University of Michigan—the conference’s aim was to provide information and foster discussion about the effects of the June 23 ruling...
Angelo Ancheta, the director of legal and policy advocacy programs at CRP, said that while lawyers were invited to offer advice and general information about the ruling, the focus of the conference was on the college presidents...
...CRP Co-Director Gary Orfield said that university action alone will not suffice in leveling the playing field...
With the Supreme Court scheduled to hear the Michigan cases in April, the CRP studies will likely factor into the debate—particularly since Bush has expressed his plans to emphasize the percent plan as an alternative to the University of Michigan policies...