Note: Proposition 209 passed in California in Nov., 1997.
Affirmative action programs nationwide continue to be the target of anti-civil
rights and anti-women's rights groups.
On the road against California's Proposition 209, the "Save the Dream" Freedom
Bus Tour rallied students to work to defeat the initiative on the state ballot
that would outlaw affirmative action for women and people of color and gut
sex discrimination law. The bus tour, which was sponsored by the Stop Prop
209 campaign, included Feminist Majority president Eleanor Smeal, Rainbow
Coalition president Rev. Jesse Jackson, United Farm Workers leader Dolores
Huerta and National Organization for Women president Patricia Ireland. Rallies
on college campuses attracted thousands of students who signed up to help
save affirmative action and women's rights.
Feminist News Stories on Affirmative Action
Affirmative Action Information Center
More Bus Tour Photos!
Hey,
Hey,Ho, Ho Prop 209 has got to go
Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho Prop 209 has got to go
Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho Prop 209 has got to go
Is the California Civil Rights Initiative Civil? No!
Is it Right? No!
Is it Civil? No!
Is it Right? No!
Don't buy the lie! Defeat 209!
Don't buy the lie! Defeat 209!
Don't buy the lie! Defeat 209!
Statement by student speaker at University of California, Santa Cruz
"As a Chicana and a woman of color I feel really threatened and
attacked by this proposition."
