Reference Librarian Manager and University Archivist
Joseph Coates
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Civil Rigts Websites
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American Civil Liberties Union
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) provides a background on current and historical issues in racial justice.
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Civil Rights Digital Library
The Civil Rights Digital Library (CRDL) provides users with access to primary sources and educational materials, including unedited news footage.
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Civil Rights Resource Guide
Hosted by the Library of Congress, the Civil Rights Resource Guide is a digital collection of items covering the Civil Rights Movement. It contains documents, photographs, sound recordings, as well as additional online resources.
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Southern Poverty Law Center
Advances justice for the most vulnerable members of our society through advocacy, litigation, and education. Provides information on hate crimes throughout the United States.
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U.S Commission on Civil Rights
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights was created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957 as an independent, fact-finding agency with the mission to inform the development of national civil rights policy.
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United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
The USDOJ Civil Rights Division upholds the civil and constitutional rights of all Americans and includes reports and statistics on minority treatment in the United States.
Legal Sites
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The Bill of Rights
Text of Bill of Rights from America's Founding Documents
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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
First established by the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The Commission makes findings, evaluations, and recommendations about federal laws relating to civil rights but it does not have enforcement authority. It “collects and studies information on discrimination or denials of equal protection of the laws because of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, or in the administration of justice in such areas as voting rights, enforcement of civil rights laws, and equal opportunity in education, employment, and housing.”
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Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights
This digital archive of the Thurgood Marshall Law Library, at the University of Maryland includes documents and publications of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
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Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice
Created in 1957 by the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, works to uphold the civil and constitutional rights of all Americans, particularly some of the most vulnerable members of our society. The Division enforces federal statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, disability, religion, familial status and national origin.
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Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse
The University of Michigan Law School's Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse is a growing collection of documents and information about civil rights cases in over 20 selected case categories across the United States.
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information. It is also illegal to discriminate against a person because the person complained about discrimination, filed a charge of discrimination, or participated in an employment discrimination investigation or lawsuit. Most employers with at least 15 employees are covered by EEOC laws (20 employees in age discrimination cases). Most labor unions and employment agencies are also covered.
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FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education)
Defends and sustains individual rights at America’s colleges and universities. These rights include freedom of speech, legal equality, due process, religious liberty, and sanctity of conscience
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ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice
Works raising and addressing often complex and difficult civil rights and civil liberties issues in a changing and diverse society; and
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Civil Rights Digital Library
Provides primary sources and other information about the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s
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Brown v. Board of Education Digital Archive
University of Michigan Library's Brown v. Board of Education Digital Archive. This archive contains documents and images which chronicle events surrounding this historically significant case up to the present.