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Reagan to cut back job bias remedies
The Reagan administration will drop a key civil rights policy that forced employers in job bias cases to adopt temporary minority hiring goals. William Bradford Reynolds outlined abandoning the Nixon era approach while maintaining three initial elements and seeking applicant pools proportionate to community demographics. A Marshall, Texas desegregation settlement will reduce busing without new routes, and Reynolds pledged continued vigorous enforcement without reopening prior cases.
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Michael J. Sniffen
Washington
Justice Department
Civil Rights Division
William Bradford Reynolds
Nixon
Reynolds
William French Smith
Carter
Marshall
Texas
Reagan Justice Department
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Senate Judiciary Committee
Charleston
S.C
Lima
Ohio
Yonkers