Marching to a new war; civil rights groups face a conservative challenge,...

U.S. News & World Report;  March 6, 1995 ;     700+ words ......1965, a dignified, unarmed column of civil rights marchers crossed an Alabama bridge...Rights Act. Thirty years later, the civil rights movement is crossing another bridge...first Republican Congress since the civil rights movement of the 1960s is eager to repeal...

Civil rights office called inefficient Unfilled top post seen as weakness

The Boston Globe;  December 26, 1993 ;     700+ words ...WASHINGTON -- The lack of a civil rights chief at the Justice Department, 11...during the administration's first year, civil rights leaders say. Officials at the department...post of assistant attorney general for civil rights. Reno and Associate Attorney General...

Civil Rights Coalition Clicks On Tomorrow

The Washington Post;  May 10, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Where's the modern civil rights movement? Double-click here. Okay...night's Leadership Conference on Civil Rights dinner at the Hilton Washington...buzzwords are diversity, global civil rights, digital empowerment -- it's all...

USDA is committed to improving civil rights

Philadelphia Tribune, The;  July 28, 2000 ;     608 words ......2000 USDA is committed to improving civil rights A few months ago in this column, I discussed...progress we had made to improve our civil rights performance at USDA. But I want to revisit...important and because the pursuit of civil rights is an ongoing journey. On June 29, I...

The Civil Rights Identity of Bayard Rustin

Texas Law Review;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Introduction Boyard Rustin was the consummate civil rights strategist and humanitarian.1 Indeed...integrate nonviolent direct action into the civil rights movement, and if he were remembered...the quintessential outsider in black civil rights circles for much of his life.8 For...

Changes at Civil Rights Panel may show shift in civil rights

Call & Post;  December 30, 2004 ;     700+ words ...To advocates for the traditional civil rights movement, President George Bush's decision...Gerald Reynolds as chair of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission was more than just a Republican...a key appointment. According to some civil rights leaders, it reflected a total changing...

UNSOLVED CIVIL RIGHTS CRIMES:GRACE CHUNG BECKER

Congressional Testimony;  June 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Becker Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division United States Department of...Security Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties June 12, 2007 As the Civil Rights Division celebrates its 50th Anniversary...

Ordinary people, extraordinary stories; Building world's largest civil...

New Pittsburgh Courier;  March 14, 2004 ;     684 words ......AARP and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights are unveiling a year-long, multi-faceted...archive of first-hand accounts of the civil rights struggle in America, supported by an...disabilities, Hispanics and others. "In the civil rights struggles of the '50s and '60s, those...

The Thirteenth Amendment and the lost origins of civil rights.(US...

Duke Law Journal;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......decision in Brown v. Board of Education, civil rights did not refer to a unified, coherent...and contradictory. The lawyers of the Civil Rights Section of the Department of Justice...different ways of practicing and framing civil rights in the 1940s. Their practice shows how...

Assessing presidential communications in civil rights policymaking....

Policy Studies Journal;  September 22, 1993 ;     700+ words ......submerged throughout American history, civil rights issues have never been far from...of its highly emotional content, civil rights has varied in salience over time. Certainly in the modern era civil rights has emerged as a prominent public...

Federal leadership on civil rights standards: What can we expect?

Human Rights;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...History has demonstrated that civil rights standards must be set at the federal...House. The conservative decisions in the civil rights area made by the current Court, and...that have yet to be decided, make the civil rights approaches coming from the White House...

A Traveler's Guide to the Civil Rights Movement.(Book Review)

Southern Cultures;  December 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ...A Traveler's Guide to the Civil Rights Movement By Jim Carrier Harcourt...Carrier's Traveler's Guide to the Civil Rights Movement begins the reader's tour...Carrier anchors his trail of civil rights struggle in the defining foundations...

Civil Rights Summer Program Launched For Social Justice Student Leaders;...

U.S. Newswire;  January 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Jan. 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Four leading civil rights organizations today launched "Civil Rights Summer 2002" - a unique summer fellowship...leaders the opportunity to shape the future civil rights movement. Wade Henderson, executive director...

Bush fails America on civil rights Yes, the president has appointed blacks...

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Asked why civil rights leaders are critical of his civil rights record, George Bush shook his head and said: "Let...to Powell and Rice and to all those concerned with civil rights in this country. Powell and Rice are respected and...

AARP, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Announce Official Launch of...

AScribe Law News Service;  March 30, 2004 ;     700+ words ......AARP and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) today announced the official...accounts of America's struggle for civil rights. With the power and reach of the web, America's civil rights struggle can be shared with people...