Regents v Bakke

    I am here today to talk about the direct violation committed by the University of California at Davis medical school.

    The fact that the school took the time to look at Mr.Bakke’s requirements and decided to reject him is completely wrong.

It is not that they did not want him into that school based on performance, it is the reason that they did not accept him due to an unlawful and wrong quota system where a certain number of white students could be admitted, 84 out of 100 to be exact.

    Now this means that the school deliberately has taken an overqualified individual and replaced him because of race, and maybe not even looking at academic integrity while doing so.

    

This has been proven two years in a row, not only did he apply in 1974 he also applied in 1973 and both applications were dismissed due to the special admission slots.

    In the years he was applying the medical school had multiple procedures for admitting students, first was looking at the grade point average, and with that was the interview portion where five members of the school rated them on a scale of 100 which adds up the total to 500 points.

During Mr. Bakkes Interviews in the first year, he applied he accumulated a score of an impressive 468 out of 500. You think this would be an easy acceptance for Bakkey but the school rejected him. At the time his application had gone there were four spots open but was not even considered.

    During his 1974 application, everyone during his interviews said he was a friendly intelligent person and scored another high 549 out of 600. In both years his application was rejected and not even waitlisted to further consider Bakkey.

This is a complete rejection due to the quota system and holding spots for students because of race.

    Mr. Bakke has more than enough qualifications to be accepted right away the University completely dismissed that knowing that they could accept students that fit their quota and knowing that these students that are reserved have fewer qualifications than Mr. Bakke.

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)https://www.law.cornell.edu › wex › regents_of_the_un… 

http://www.debatingracialpreference.org/BAKKE-Facts.htm

The March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom

    On August 28 1963, almost 200,000 people congregated in the nation's capital. They protested segregation and other issues in the country for example, voting rights, education reforms and civil rights movements and protections. 

During the march many advocates for the civil rights movement like Martin Luther King Jr. took turns speaking in front of thousands of people to get the peoples point across that the government needs to change and implement civil rights laws. 

This was known as The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Leading up to the march a man named A. Phillip Randolph originally set out to plan a march because of African Americans not being allowed to work in national defense industries. 

This march ultimately did not follow through as President Franklin D. Roosevelt created an executive order where the Fair Employment Practices Commision can investigate discrimination charges. Another attempt to put together a march was planned after. 

In 1962, many African Americans were unemployed and the ones that worked for very low wages and worked in terrible conditions. 

Therefore Randolph sent a letter to the Department of Interior to get clearance to march at the Lincoln Memorial. Rudolph later convinced Martin Luther King Jr. King also joined many other people including James Farmer of CORE, and Charles McDew of SNCC. 

CORE, congress of Racial Equality

SNCC, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

There were many goals stated for the march. They wanted a civil rights bill, rights to vote, equal education opportunities and federal work programs. 

As the march was getting more well known to others, more groups and organizations joined and sponsored the march including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the National Urban League, and many other organizations. 

During The March

Throughout the march there were many security precautions taken place as many people thought the march would turn violent and aggressive. 

Washington D.C enforced many police officers and there were many armed national guards making sure everything was peaceful. 

Even though there were no incidents of violence President Kennedy made it known that if there were he would undo the civil rights bill. During the march there were many performers as singers and songwriters came together to play music and dance with the crowd. 

There were also speakers who took the podium to reach out to not just the people of the march but to the government. 

One Famous Speaker, Martin Luther King Jr., made his well known “I have a dream” speech which was not only inspiring to everyone but clear and to the point. 

Many other speakers listed demands for congress to pass to give equal opportunity and make the standard of living better for African Americans. 

Although there were speakers and musicians, it was everyone who attended that made it truly worth something and inspiring, many people created a whole day out of it, bringing lunches and dressing up.

Everyone was open and caring as everyone was there for a common goal, it was not just African Americans there too it was many different races coming together, holding hands, and even locking arms swaying to music. 

In the end the March on Washington helped pave the way for the creation of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

 https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/march-washington-jobs-and-freedom 

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/march-on-washington 

https://www.nps.gov/articles/march-on-washington.htm