A Lightning Rod on Civil RightsNorma V. Cantu

By PATRICK HEALY

Norma Cantu changes the debates on affirmative action, desegregation, and athletics

Given Norma V. Cantu's provocative agenda as the nation's top civil-rights enforcer for education,

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it was only fitting that college officials spent her sixth anniversary, in May,

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