| General Information |
Frequently Asked Questions ( pdf) |
| Myths about MCRI ( pdf) |
| Opponents of MCRI ( pdf) |
| Jennifer Gratz Bio ( pdf) |
| Ward Connerly Bio ( pdf) |
| High-Resolution Photo of Jennifer Gratz (Color jpeg) (B&W jpeg) |
| High-Resolution Photo of Ward Connerly (Color jpeg) (B&W jpeg) |
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| Press Releases |
| • Press Release – 8/30/2006 - Judge Tosses out Case |
| • Press Release – 6/30/2006 - Speaker of the House Calls for Investigation of Civil Rights Commission. |
| • Press Release – 6/13/2006 - Statement Regarding BAMN National Chairman's Intimidation Tactics. |
| • Press Release – 5/29/2006 - MCRI files Complaint Against Civil Rights Commission |
| • Press Release – 5/15/2006 - Gratz says "Legalized Discrimination" not the Solution |
| • Press Release – 3/30/2006 - Michigan Supreme Court Orders MCRI onto ballot in 6-1 ruling. |
| • Press Release – 1/22/2006 - Student poll shows mainstream support of ballot language ( pdf). |
| • Press Release – 11/11/2004 - Study: Law School Preferences Harm Minorities ( pdf) |
• Press Release – 10/19/04 - U-M Admissions Fail to Solve Real Problems ( pdf) |
| • Press Release – 10/12/04 - Study Shows 82% of High School Juniors Oppose Preferences ( pdf) |
| • Press Release – 9/26/04 - MCRI Would Stop Radical Tax-funded "Africa Town" ( pdf) |
• Press Release – 9/8/04 - Inconsistency of Certain Women's Groups Opposition to MCRI ( pdf) |
| • Press Release – 6/17/2004 - House Appropriations Measure Demonstrates Broad Support for MCRI ( pdf) |
| • Press release – 6/15/2004 - Unanimous Court Victory Propels Petition Drive: Affirms Language Clear, Constitutional, and Consistent with Civil Rights ( pdf) |
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| Other Media Articles |
| • Letter from Ward Connerly, 3/17/2006 ( pdf), responding to 3/9/2006 op-ed by Governor Granholm ( pdf). Letter to editor of Detroit Free Press from Jennifer Gratz printed 3/15/2006 ( pdf), in response to op-ed. The Free Press would not print a full response by Mr. Connerly or Ms. Gratz. |
| • Letter to Detroit News, 3/14/2006, by Jennifer Gratz. |
| • The Road to Equality, by Ward Connerly - 1/9/2006 |
• Open Letter - 12/28/2005 - Jennifer Gratz calls on Governor Granholm to disavow her alignment with Radical Extremists. |
| • Court Ruling - MCRI Certified to Ballot - 12/20/2005. |
| • 9/30/2005 - "End the Race Party: Identity politics will get the GOP nothing good." National Review Online. By Ward Connerly. |
• 8/30/2005 - State Representative Leon Drolet criticizes BAMN for appearing in FBI documents. |
| • 8/18/2005 - Op-ed: National Review Online: Uncivil "Civil Rights" Group, BAMN v. equality. by Anthony Dick. |
| • 8/18/2005 - Op-ed: National Review Online: End Race Preferences, The Fight Continues in Michigan, by Jennifer Gratz. |
| • 8/16/2005 - Op-ed: Tom Bray Column On BAMN and OUM Linkage ( pdf) . OUM disavows BAMN tactics, but makes legal statements at Board meeting supporting challenge. Which is it? |
| • 8/11/2005 - Op-ed: Wall Street Journal editorial on linkage between Governor and BAMN ( pdf). |
| • 7/13/2005 - Public record: The Secretary of State Staff Report ( pdf) concludes that 455,373 of the 505,970 facially-valid signatures (or 90%) submitted by MCRI are from registered voters. The Staff Report concludes through the random sampling technique that there is greater than a 99.9% chance that MCRI has enough signatures (317,757) to qualify, requiring that the initiative be certified. |
| • 1/6/2005 - Speech: Remarks of Jennifer Gratz ( pdf) in Capitol Rotunda announcing completion of signature drive. |
| • 9/21/2004 - News Story: Detroit council OKs plan that touts racial separation ( pdf) , The Detroit Free Press, Marisol Bello. |
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| For Immediate Media Inquiries |
Doug Tietz, Campaign Manager
Phone: 269-369-1914
E-mail: Doug@michigancivilrights.org |
