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Florida Department of Corrections Ordered to Cease Racially Discriminatory Practices in Selected Reading Materiala

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Publications/Books. Location: Florida.

Florida Department of Corrections Ordered to Cease Racially Discriminatory
Practices in Selected Reading Material

Florida state prisoner Herman Jackson filed a 42 U.S.C. §1983 lawsuit
against prison officials claiming that his rights under the First
Amendment were violated by the prison's refusal to provide or allow Black-
oriented publications. At ...

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