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Pittsburgh reacts to Supreme Court’s overturning of Affirmative Action by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer
Republican President Donald J. Trump lasted one term, but was able to appoint three conservative justices to the U.S.
the Court sided with a Colorado wedding web designer who refused service to a same-sex couple. For African Americans, the ridding of Affirmative Action at the nation’s colleges and universities hits
“As a Black woman who had the audacity to attend college, I am disgusted that our country just enshrined racial inequity in higher education and economic immobility into law. Make no mistake— this decision... was ‘designed’ to keep a generation of brilliant Black young people out of higher education and positions of power.” - U.S. REP. SUMMER LEE Supreme Court, literally turning the High Court from left to right. Now, America is witnessing the aftermath. First, the Court overturned Roe v. Wade, effectively ending a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion. Last week, the majority-conservative Court ruled that colleges and universities effectively can no longer use Affirmative Action, or admissions decisions based partly on race, saying that it violates the Constitution’s guarantee of “equal protection.” And to wrap up the week,
home the hardest. And it’s not just Blacks who say that colleges will be less diverse without Affirmative Action—many college presidents have come out and said the same thing. If Pittsburgh is known for one thing, it’s the local universities. Pitt. Duquesne. Robert Morris. Point Park. Carlow. Chatham. La Roche. CCAC. IUP. Slippery Rock. Clarion. Cal-U. And more. Parents and grandparents in African American SEE SUPREME COURT A4
CONGRESSWOMAN SUMMER LEE, “DISGUSTED” BY THE SUPREME COURT’S REPEAL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.
Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. James Harvey III celebrated in Pittsburgh by Bob Kerlik Blue Sky News
Lt. Col. James Harvey III smiled as he scanned the names and images of his fellow aviators at a memorial honoring the famed Tuskegee Airmen at Pittsburgh International Airport. Harvey, who turns 100 on July 13, is one of the few remaining pilots from the famed combat aviation unit. He was honored at the airport before flying home to Denver, touring the exhibit and looking for faces he recognized. “There’s still a lot of people who don’t know about us,” said Harvey, who was in Pittsburgh to serve as the grand marshal of the city’s Juneteenth parade. “This is a very nice display. I’ve never seen one this complete.”
Clad in a burgundy blazer adorned with patches and honors, Harvey told stories to local media, visited the airport’s USO lounge and took a window tour of the new terminal program. He didn’t mince words when asked what younger generations should know about the Tuskegee Airmen and their role in breaking racial barriers in the U.S. military. He cited a 1925 report from the Army War College that concluded Black military members were inferior to their White counterparts and that units should be strictly segregated. That report concluded that “we didn’t have the ability to do anything, so we proved them wrong,” SEE HARVEY A5
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PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT’S BLUE SKY NEWS AND LOCAL MEDIA INTERVIEW LT. COL. JAMES HARVEY III, HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHILE TOURING THE AIRPORT’S TUSKEGEE AIRMEN EXHIBIT ON JUNE 20. (PHOTO BY BETH HOLLERICH)