JACKSON: "DALEY THREATENS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION NATIONALLY"

From: Capitol Hill Press Releases | Date: January 19, 2005 | Copyright information

Capitol Hill Press Releases
01-19-2005
For Immediate Release JACKSON: "DALEY THREATENS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION NATIONALLY"
Contact: Frank E. Watkins 202.225.0773 Wednesday, January 19, 2005 City
Council Should Hold Hearings On Affirmative Action Abuse Congressman Jesse
Jackson, Jr., today said, "If Mayor Richard M. Daley does not take the
bull by the horns and clean up the City of Chicago's corrupt and apparently
often phony affirmative action program he could threaten the existence
of affirmative action nationally. That's all this current batch of right-wing
ideologically driven anti-affirmative ...

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