Wardell Anthony "Ward" Connerly is an American political and anti-affirmative action activist, businessman, and former University of California Regent (1993–2005). He is also the founder and the chairman of the American Civil Rights Institute, a national non-profit organization in opposition to racial and gender preferences, and is the president of Californians for Equal Rights, a non-profit organization active in the state of California with a similar mission. He is considered to be the man behind California's Proposition 209 prohibiting race- and gender-based preferences in state hiring, contracting and state university admissions, a program known as affirmative action.

Headlines from June 15, 1939

HOUSE OPENS FIGHT OVER RELIEF BILL; 2 ISSUES TO FORE; $25,000 Limit on WPA Buildings, With Prevailing Wage Ban, to Stir Major Battle ALSO CUT IN YOUTH FUND 19 Reforms Set Up in Measure--Woodrum Says Some Mayorsand Governors 'Racketeer'

COURT ORDER BARS KINDERGARTEN CUTS IN SCHOOL BUDGET; Writ Obtained by Teachers Prevents Adoption by Board of Revised Figures STATE AID FIGHT REOPENED Huge Crowd of Educators and Parents Mass for Session-- Police Reserves Called

Mayor Denies New Taxes Are Planned for Housing

Goebbels Says Germany 'Faces Difficult Times'

SENATE GROUP ASKS MONETARY SURVEY; Backs Wagner Plan for a Full Study of Federal Policies and Requests $100,000 Fund

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