Washington and Lee University
| Connect to: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights | |
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| Producer: | U.S. Commission on Civil Rights |
| Description: | Federal agency "assesses federal laws and policies of government agencies and studies legal developments to determine the nature and extent of denial of equal protection under the law on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability in many areas, including employment, voting rights, education, administration of justice, and housing." Agency has published many politically and historically important reports since its inception in 1957. |
| Usage Tips: | The link above takes you to the current Web site of the USCCR, which contains listings of available materials in its Publications section, including some particularly controversial ones. (Some items are not available online.)
An actively-growing online historical archive of USCCR reports is being developed by the Thurgood Marshall Library at the University of Maryland School of Law. Materials are listed by date, title, and subject. |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe |
| Descriptors: |
African-American Studies |
| http://library.wlu.edu/details.php?resID=1345 | |