Provides an account of the case of "Bakke versus Regents of the University of California" in which medical school applicant Allan Bakke challenged the college's program of setting aside sixteen of every one hundred medical school slots for minority students, arguing that the policy kept him from gaining admittance and violated his civil rights.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
Discrimination in early America -- New targets of discrimination -- Separate but equal -- Bakke applies to medical school -- The task force -- Taking the legal road -- A filing for Bakke -- Notice of intended decision -- "I am Allen Bakke's attorney" --Bakke's legacy.