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...morning fifty years ago today that Brown v. Board of Education was decided, Thurgood Marshall and many of the lawyers from his legal team sat nervously in the Supreme Court chamber. The lead counsel on the case, Robert Carter, whose name appeared just above Marshall's on the legal briefs, remained in New York City. He would hear about the unanimous decision by a phone call from his overjoyed team. By then, Carter was already looking ahead. "I don't think I can say I was ecstatic," Carter noted recently in the Newsletter of the Federal Courts. "Thurgood and many...
...still alive, and they answer that question in very different ways. Yet both are still involved in civil rights work and both become contentious when asked about current racial disparities. "The schools we have today with black kids were the kind of schools we had before Brown," says Carter, 87, from his roomy chambers in downtown Manhattan where he has been a U.S. District Court judge for the Southern District of New York since 1972. Professor Jack Greenberg, 79, is more sanguine. "Do you want to take a glass half-empty or a glass-half full approach?" he asks...
...trends: many schools are funded by local property taxes which have caused gross disparities among districts, often built on income and race. Even though the law desegregated schools, many blacks never made it out of the poor inner cities to the better-funded schools usually found in the suburbs. Carter sees affirmative action as one way to bridge the gap. Once blacks were free to go ahead and attend white schools, "they were supposed to be on the same starting line. But, they need some kind of help to get them into the mainstream...
When the Olympics begin this August, the Americans will field Dream Team No. 3, a cast of B-minus professionals. Kobe’s out. Kevin Garnett is expected to turn down the Olympics invitation. Karl Malone wants out, and Shaq is non-committal. Vince Carter has said no, the New Jersey Nets tandem of Kenyon Martin and Jason Kidd both want to rest injuries, and Ray Allen is staying home because his first child is due in September. Jermaine O’Neal’s status is in doubt, Tracy McGrady and Mike Bibby have both expressed hesitance...
...major manufacturers such as Nike, Wilson, Prince and Callaway seem united under a single cause: to persuade more people to put down the remote and spend money on sports. "You've got to appreciate the spirit of this campaign--give these industries credit for coming together," says David Carter, founder of the Los Angeles-based Sports Business Group, a consulting firm. "It's a solid first step for these sports...