Ward Connerly
Politician, Author
1939 –
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Who is Ward Connerly?
Wardell Anthony "Ward" Connerly is an American political activist, businessman, and former University of California Regent. 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. 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 formerly widely known as affirmative action.
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- Born
- Jun 15, 1939
Leesville - Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- California State University, Sacramento
- Lived in
- California
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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