An Assessment of MINORITY VOTING RIGHTS ACCESS in the United States

"Congress has directed the United States Commission on Civil Rights (“the Commission”) to annually examine “Federal civil rights enforcement efforts.” 1 In this report, the Commission examines minority voting rights access through the lens of the federal government’s enforcement of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 since the 2006 reauthorization of its special provisions.2 On February 2, 2018, the Commission held a field briefing in Raleigh, North Carolina. 3 The Commission heard testimony from 23 voting rights experts, including former United States Department of Justice (DOJ or Department) officials from both Republican and Democratic administrations, state election officials, and voting rights experts and advocates. 4 The Commission also heard from 33 members of the public, and received 31 post-briefing written statements in connection with this investigation. The Commission invited officials from relevant offices within the DOJ, but they declined the Commission’s invitation to testify at our field briefing. The Department provided data and documents, which are discussed in Chapter 5. The Department also reviewed a draft of this report and provided comments. The Commission draws this report from the above-referenced sources and independent research. Further, the Commission has considered and been informed by voting rights reports from its State Advisory Committees (SACs).5.."
Minority voting access

New ‘Digest of EEO Law’ Issued By EEO

"The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the latest edition of its federal sector Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law.

     This quarterly publication, prepared by EEOC's Office of Federal Operations (OFO),
     features a wide variety of recent Commission decisions and federal court cases of
     interest. Additionally, it contains a special article entitled Gender Identity and Sexual 
    Orientation Coverage Under Title VII Case Law Update: Review of Pre- and Post-Macy 
    Title VII Protections for LGBT Employees.."
EEOC Laws

JACKIE ROBINSON TO PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY JUNE 15, 1963

The National Archives is making available a facsimile of a telegram from Jackie Robinson to President John F. Kennedy on the death of Medgar Edgars and selected other Robinson correspondence.
Jackie Robinson and civil rights

50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act: July 2

"On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law. This landmark law prohibits discrimination on the basis of race in public accommodations, in publicly owned or operated facilities, in employment and union membership and in the registration of voters. To mark the anniversary, the U.S. Census Bureau has gathered key statistics that measure changes in some characteristics of different race groups to date..."
Civil Rights Act

Remembering the Past, Mapping the Future A Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Key Civil Rights Events

The City of Madison's commemoration of significant civil rights event of the last 50 years.
Rembering the Past:Maping the Future

March on Washington, August 28, 1963

From the National Park Service comes a visual presentation of the March on Washington, August 28, 1983
March on Washington, 8/28/1963

Justice Department Meets with Civil Rights Groups to Discuss Plans for Protecting Ballot Access
"Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Grace Chung Becker, and other senior officials of the Department of Justice (DOJ) met today with leaders of dozens of civil rights groups, as well as national organizations representing state and local officials, secretaries of state and attorneys general offices from across the country, to review plans to protect voting rights in the upcoming federal election.

"The Justice Department must make every effort to help ensure that the November elections are run as smoothly as possible - and, equally important, that the American people have confidence in our electoral process," Attorney General Mukasey said. "Communicating openly with groups interested in the protection of voting rights and with the state and local officials primarily responsible for administering our elections is vital to that effort."

"As the United States Supreme Court has recognized, the right to vote is fundamental because it is preservative of all our other rights," said Acting Assistant Attorney General Becker. "Vigorous enforcement of all our voting laws is a priority for the Civil Rights Division."

The meetings today are part of the Department's continuing effort under the Ballot Access and Voting Integrity Initiative, which was established in October 2002 to expand efforts to address election crimes and voting rights violations. The two overarching goals of the initiative are to ensure fair voting access and to protect the integrity of the election process..."