CIVIL RIGHTS

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U.S. Code - Sections Pertaining to Civil Rights

CongressLink: Tutorial on The Civil Rights Act of 1964

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Official site of the EEOC, whose mission is to ensure equality of opportunity by vigorously enforcing federal legislation prohibiting discrimination in employment.
Laws Enforced by the EEOC

Equal Pay Act of 1963
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Sections 501 and 505
Titles I and V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Civil Rights Act of 1991
U.S. EEOC - Facts About Race/Color Discrimination

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects individuals against employment discrimination on the basis of race and color as well as national origin, sex, or religion.
U.S. EEOC - Facts About Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Fifth Circuit Rules and Internal Operating Procedures (IOP) Effective May 15, 1997, and Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure Effective December 1, 1996
Library of Congress

USDA Civil Rights Related Regulations
U.S. Dept. of Education Quota News
U.S. Depart. of Justice Civil Rights Division - Presents updates, policy, speeches and briefs.

U.S. Depart. of Justice Civil Rights Division - Cases and Briefs
U.S. Depart. of Justice Civil Rights Division - Grant Related Civil Rights Statutes
The Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act (SSCRA)

Former Spouses’ Rights - Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act - Andrews Law Center 1998
The Uniform Services Former Spouses Protection Act (USFSPA) authorizes direct payment of a portion of a military retirees pay to the former spouse and, in some cases, extends military privileges to former spouses.
Washington--Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) Expresses Concern with Equating Civil Rights and Pollution Violations

LIV is a thesaurus of over 5,000 authorized terms for subject searching in the THOMAS Bill Summary & Status files and the Library of Congress Information System (LOCIS) Federal Legislation files. - Compiled by Shirley Loo, Library Services Division, Congressional Research Service
Civil Rights Forum, Volume 9, Number 3, Fall 1995

The Civil Rights Division is reaching out to Federal agencies, to community, beneficiary, and recipient groups, and to others concerned with improving the enforcement of the civil rights laws covered by Executive Order 12250.
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United Nations Human Rights Documents

U.N. Human Rights Index and Web site search

Japan Supreme Court - Civil Action and Its Proceedings

New Brunswick Human Rights Commission

New Brunswick Human Rights Act

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Colorado Division of Civil Rights

Indiana Civil Rights Commission

Iowa Civil Rights Commission - Civil Rights Timeline

Ohio - Civil and Human Rights Related Documents

Vermont Civil Rights Division

Virginia General Assembly - Civil Remedies and Procedure

King County, WA - Government Office of Civil Rights Enforcement

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Carroll College, Corette Library, Helena Montana - Civil and Human Rights Subjects

Cornell University's Legal Information Institute: Civil Rights and Discrimination

Features articles, regulations and links.
Supreme Court: Recent Civil Rights Decisions (by Cornell)

Cornell: U.S. Code Chapter 21 - Civil Rights

State Library of Florida - Civil Rights in Florida

Kansas State University: Dorothy L. Thompson Civil Rights Lecture Series

University of Louisville: Civil Rights Complaints in U.S. District Courts, 1990-98

University of Louisville, Ekstrom Library - Civil Rights Forum Newsletter

McNeese State University: Civil Right Links

The University of Minnesota Human Rights Center

University of Texas School of Law: Texas Forum on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Law Journal

WashLaw WEB - Civil Rights

Western Michigan University's Department of Political Science

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
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Civil Rights Articles and Publications

Essays: School Integration in Prince George's County, Maryland

The Evolving Civil Rights Movement: Old Civil Rights and New Immigration Current

Peter Schuck, Professor of law at Yale University.
University Libraries at USC: The Civil Rights Movement Publications

Native Americans - Tribal Court Disposition of Due Process Publication

Preventing Sexual Violence: Setting Principled Constitutional Boundaries on Sex Manuscript

Eric S. Janus, Professor of Law, William Mitchell College of Law. Harvard University
Extensive collection of links and news articles culled from national sources.
World Book Encyclopedia Presents The Modern Civil Rights Movement

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Law Online: Practice Areas: Civil Rights Law; Statutes/Treaties

Findlaw: Civil Rights Documents, Briefs, Articles & Books

FindLaw: Legal Subjects: Civil Rights

FindLaw: Legal Subjects: Civil Rights: Race and Ethnicity

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Civil Rights Associations and Organizations

Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc.

A national law and policy center dedicated to protecting and advancing the civil rights of people with disabilities through legislation, litigation, advocacy, technical assistance, and education and training of attorneys, advocates, persons with disabilities, and parents of children with disabilities.
American Bar Association: Individual Rights and Responsibilities

American Bar Association presents human rights policy, publications, news and event listings.
American Civil Liberties Union

ACLU: Racial Profiling in America
ACLU - Death Penalty Topics
ACLU: Racial Equality Resources
ACLU of Florida, Brevard Chapter

ACLU of Mississippi

ACLU of Wisconsin, Inc. (ACLU/WI)

American Civil Rights Coalition

A grassroots advocacy organization focused on the elimination of racial and gender preferences.
American Civil Rights Institute - News and resources on racial and gender preference rights

A nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that protects the rights of all individuals in Israel and in the occupied territories, regardless of religion, nationality or political beliefs.
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AUAA - Americans United for Affirmative Action

A national, non-profit organization committed to educating the public on the importance of maintaining affirmative action programs and the principles of equal opportunity in employment and education.
British Columbia Civil Liberties Association

The California Civil Rights Initiative

Canadian Civil Liberties Association

Canadian Youth Rights Association - National non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the civil rights of youth.

Carter Center

Former President Jimmy Carter's human rights and dispute resolution organization highlights its programs and news.
Catholic Civil Rights League

Dedicated to the faithful expression of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church in in public affairs for the renewal of Canada, and the benefit of the common good.
Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights

The nation’s largest Catholic civil rights organization.
Center for Individual Rights

A non-profit, tax-exempt public interest law firm.
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Citizens for Civil Rights, West Lafayette, IN

A group of concerned citizens and community organizations who represent a broad range of constituencies in Greater Lafayette, Indiana.
Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights

The Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights was founded in 1982 in response to governmental action that put into question the basic foundations of civil rights policy
Civil Rights In Public Education, Inc.

A non-governmental organization whose founders, since 1985, have been advocating one publicly-funded education system in which all Ontario students will receive equitable treatment in matters of religion, with privilege or prejudice to no one.
Civil Rights Org. - Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Online Center

Coalition for Family Court Reform - a Non-Profit Organization

Disabled People's Direct Action Network - Britain's leading civil rights group

European Forum for Child Welfare

A network of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) concerned with child welfare across Europe. EFCW is itself part of a wider network, the International Forum for Child Welfare
Federalist Society - Civil Rights Group

G & B Lane's Payles Reference and Legal Research Center - Civil Rights and Liberty Topics

The Liberian Group, Ltd.

A public interest, research, and civil liberty organization founded by a few good men and women in the U.S. to ensure that the laws of Liberia are enforced without prejudice, and that democracy would be the order of the day in the new Liberia.
National Coalition for Haitian Rights (NCHR)

National Employment Lawyers Association

Provides assistance and support to lawyers in protecting the rights of employees against the greater resources of their employers and the defense bar.
National Organization for Women - Civil Rights Topics

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.

A non-profit organization providing free legal aid nationwide to thousands of employees whose human and civil rights have been violated by compulsory unionism abuses.
A nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, was formed in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy to involve the private bar in providing legal services to address racial discrimination.
Organization of Chinese Americans

The work of the Texas Civil Rights Project is to promote and protect the civil rights and liberties of Texans, as guaranteed by the United States and Texas Constitutions. TCRP is part of Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido, Inc., a nonprofit, tax-exempt foundation.
The Civil Liberties Monitoring Project

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Web Search Sites

FreeAdvice.com: Civil Rights Law

4CivilRights.com - A guide to civil rights

Netmation: Civil Rights Links

Centuryinter.net: Civil Rights Topics

Yahoo: Canada Civil Rights Topics

TrackStar: Influential People of the Civil Rights Movement

Hotbot: Top 10 sites for "Civil Rights"

Socio-Legal Resources: Civil Liberties & Civil Rights

SF Gate: Civil Rights Topics

Constitutional Rights Foundation

Rominger Legal: Legal Research On The Web

CIVIL RIGHTS LAW FIRMS

Lawfirm Index Lawfirm Search Lawfirm by Practice Area Lawfirm by State Lawfirm by Country

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