William B. Allen
Professor
Department of Political Science
Michigan State University
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essays and other writings, within standard copyright guidelines, provided credit
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List of Essays and Miscellaneous Writings:
- “Affirmative Action
Defended” (Published as an op ed in the Richmond Times Dispatch
[February 7, 1989) under the headline “Croson Case Misinterpreted”].
- “The AIDS Epidemic
as Civil Rights Problem”
- “Analyzing the
Supreme Court’s Choctaw Decision”
- “Are Indians Protected
by the Constitution? Reflections on the Choctaw Decision” [Published
in the Okanogan County Chronicle (Omak, WA) (August 2, 1988)].
- “A Bahamian Victory”
[letter to the editor]
- “The Bill of Rights”
(a description)
- “Can Civil Rights
Wait for Democrats to Wake Up?”
- “Can Conservatism
Weed Out its Imposters”
- “Civil Rights
in America: Then and Now” - An Interview with William B. Allen and Clarence
Thomas [Published in Catholic Twin Circle 25 (January 15, 1989):
9-12,16].
- “Clarence M. Pendleton,
Jr.: A Eulogy”
- “The Clarence
Thomas I Know”
- “Conventional
Wisdom Wrong on Quayle”
- “Conversation with
Vaclav Havel in the Prague Circle of Political Philosophy”
- “Court Must Say
‘No’ to Segregation” [Published in West County Times
(Pinole, CA) (June 14, 1978)].
- “Do Schools Need
a New Framework with More Choice?” [Published in the Detroit News
(February 23, 1997): 7B]
- “Easy Takeoff,
Hard Landing: Journeying to Czechoslovakia”
- “Education in
Virginia: From Founding to Millenium” [Published in Virginia: The
Enterprising Dominion Enters the Twenty-First Century (Encino, CA:
Cherbo Publishing Group, 1999)
- “From Bakke to
Johnson: A Decade of Supreme Court Drift”
- “In Higher Ed:
Good Enough Is Not Enough” [Published in the Richmond Times Dispatch
(July 1999)]
- “Jackson, Race,
and the Democrats”
-
“A
Key to GOP’s Future: It Must Attract ‘Normal Distribution ’of
Black Voters”
[Published in The Sacramento Union (February 17, 1989)].
- Lalita’s Secret
- “Legislators and
SCHEV Are Examining Students’ Costs” [Published in the Richmond
Times Dispatch (January 26, 1999)]
- “Martin Diamond
Rests in Peace”
- “Montesquieu’s
Manner of Discovering Man’s Duties”
- “Move Over Willie
Horton”
- “National Civil
Rights Day” (12 August 1987)
- “The New Racism”
- “No, Pray; Not
Now”
- “No Values Without
Fear: Reappraising Conduct”
- “One Coin Obverse
and Reverse: Teaching and Research”
- “Police Brutality
-- But No Outrage” (Published in the AFA Journal [American
Family Association], October, 1989, pp. 14-15)
- “Police, Penal,
and Judicial Brutality -- But No Outrage”
- “Reagan: A Memoir”
- “Republicans:
A Party Against the People”
- “Richmond Affirmative-action
Case Being Misinterpreted” [Published in the Tracy, CA (San Joaquin County)
Press (February 3, 1989)]
- “Statement Concerning
the Passing of The Honorable Clarence M. Pendleton, Jr.”
- “Statement of
Commissioners William B. Allen, Carl A. Anderson, and Russell G. Redenbaugh
on the Commission on Civil Rights' Report on the 1990 Civil Rights Act”
- “Supreme Court
Closes Bulrushes to Indians”
- “Supreme Court
Narrows Rights of Indians”
- “Thomas Jefferson
Institute Issue Paper - The 1999 Virginia Plan: Providing New Opportunities
for Leadership”
- “Time to Fight
for Civil Rights Equality” (Op ed, Courier Post, Camden,
NY - September 22, 1989)
- “U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights: requiescat in pacem”
- “We've Slaked
our Thirst with Poison” (Op ed, Los Angeles Times, May
3, 1992)
-
“Why
I am Still Black: I Have No Desire to be Anything Else” (Op ed,
Newsday, September 23, 1991)
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