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Acree, Hatch decry affirmative action ruling
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Larry Taylor & the Taylor Family Band perform at Fitzgerald’s in Berwyn on June 18.
Say they will work on political solutions to the decision By IGOR STUDENKOV Staff Reporter
Chicago faith leaders, including members of the West Side’s Leaders Network, denounced the June 29 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that found the use of affirmative action in college admissions unconstitutional. The court ruled on two cases dealing with admission of white and Asian-American students to Harvard College and the University of North Carolina. The court’s conservative-leaning sixjustice majority found that race-based college admissions violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The ruling applied to public and private colleges, but not miliary academies. On June 30, members of the Leaders Network joined Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and Rainbow PUSH Coalition at the Rainbow PUSH Headquarters, 930 E. 50th St., to argue that the ruling would hurt Black and Hispanic students. They also argued that the ruling failed to consider the effects of decades of systemic racism and discrimination. The faith leaders said that, in the coming weeks, See AFFIRMATIVE ACTION on page 5
New Larry Taylor album honors parents, Chicago blues pioneers The album ‘Generation of Blues: West Side Legacy’ features Taylor’s siblings and son
By FRANCIA GARCIA HERNANDEZ Staff Reporter
Larry Taylor’s latest album is a testament to his family’s musical legacy, a legacy rooted on Chicago’s West Side. His father Eddie Taylor is a pioneer of the Chicago blues, along with his
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mother, blues singer-songwriter Vera Taylor. In honor of Eddie Taylor’s 100th birthday, Larry Taylor recorded an album featuring his siblings and son, the Taylor Band. “People will be able to appreciate the See LARRY TAYLOR on page 8
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