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This is the daily last summer.
We begin tonight with the Supreme Court striking down affirmative action and reshaping college admissions.
In a landmark ruling, the US Supreme Court overturned nearly 50 years of precedent and banned the use of affirmative action in college admissions.
In a six to three decision, the justices ruled that Harvard University and the University of North Carolina violated the Constitution.
In doing so, the court eliminated the single most powerful tool for ensuring diversity on America's college campuses and forced college admissions officers and high school seniors to figure out what the college admissions process should look like when race can no longer be taken into account.
It's college application season, a stressful time for high school seniors and their parents.
But now, six months since affirmative action was repealed, things are even more uncertain for many black students across the country.
Today, daily producer Jessica Chung documents how, over the past year, both students and college officials tried to navigate the new rules.
It's Friday, January 5.
So this past July, just two weeks after the Supreme Court ended affirmative action, I flew to Rochester, New York, to meet some of the students.
We're part of this first historic class to apply to college under an affirmative action ban.
Hello.
Hi there.
How's it going?
How are you?