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Michigan's Affirmative Action Ban Struck Down
From HBCU initiatives to the future of affirmative action in the college admissions process, see how education news has affected Blacks in 2012. —Dorkys Ramos
Michigan's six-year-old affirmative action ban was deemed unconstitutional by a federal appeals court. Opponents of the law hope the ruling will affect anti-affirmative action policies around the country. Defenders of the ban plan to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Photo: AP Photo/Al Behrman)
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