U. of Calif. Med. School charged with racial bias: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A newspaper clipping from the Daily World. On one side is an article about the Supreme Court Bakke decision regarding discrimination against minorities at the Medical School of the University of California at Davis, titled "U. of Calif. Med. School charged with racial bias." A second article on that side of the clipping concerning the construction of new prisons in Louisiana titled "Prison plan in Louisiana is held a 'colossal waste.'" On the verso is a section titled "African Notes" with short blurbs titled "South Africa - Israel ties," and "Namibian Independence."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: March 22, 1978
• Published by: People's World, American, founded 1924
• Written by: Stephanie Allan
• Type: clippings
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 14 3/8 × 7 in. (36.5 × 17.8 cm)
• Place depicted: Davis, Yolo County, California, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: South Africa, Africa
• Place depicted: Namibia, Africa
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: Decolonization
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Law
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Prisons
• Object number: 2010.55.79.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Daily World Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.