The Nation - News from May 2, 1985
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The NAACP moved to block the Reagan Administration in its drive to rid court-ordered affirmative action programs of race- and sex-based numerical hiring and promotion quotas. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People--the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization--and three individuals charged that the Justice Department’s actions are unconstitutional as well as a violation of administrative procedures.
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