First phase of Ayers settlement over
Good luck to Carolyn Meyers and Christopher Brown. The seasoned Meyers and the scholarly Brown have been put forward by the College Board to head Jackson State University and Alcorn State University, respectively, pending campus visits.
The black educators step into challenging jobs just as the Ayers Settlement ends its disappointing first phase. Ironically, their selection echoes a “vestige of segregation” the settlement sought to mitigate. As the settlement’s so-called “architect,” let me explain.
Following the last Ayers trial, the College Board, guided by a special master appointed by Judge Neal Biggers, moved methodically to eliminate remaining “vestiges of segregation,” the term the U.S. Supreme Court use to describe remnants of “de jure” segregation. Each move was aggressively contested by plaintiff lawyer Alvin Chambliss. And, virtually every decision made by the College Board became fodder for racial bickering.
Hattiesburg American
12/1/10
Magnolia Tribune
