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Equal Educational Opportunities Act  

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  • The struggle for equality and nondiscrimination in education at all levels has a long history in the United States. Following Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and the ensuing civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s, Congress passed Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, age, creed, or national origin in any federally funded activity or program. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Higher Education; Equal Educational Opportunities Act]

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  • 1974

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Equal_Educational_Opportunities_Act

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