Issues concerning race, racism, and equal opportunity status. Includes information on the Fourteenth Amendment, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and other relevant legislation.
A biography of "Mahatma" Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), peace activist and father of Indian independence.
An overview of civil rights issues emerging in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Definition of the term black and tan coalition.
Profile of Benjamin Todd Jealous (Ben Jealous), President/CEO of the NAACP.
The Sean Bell shooting and NYPD trial, summarized.
A profile of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
A profile of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR).
In prisons and voting, on deserted ghetto street corners and in the halls of power, racial discrimination is destructive, pervasive, and very, very real. Equality has not been achieved, discrimination has not ended, and the civil rights movement is not over.
Bruce Gordon has resigned as president of the NAACP.
An illustrated history of black civil rights in America, from 1528 to the present day.
A summary of McLaughlin v. State of Florida (1964), the Supreme Court's second interracial relationships case.
A summary of Pace v. Alabama (1883), the Supreme Court's first interracial marriage case.
Ten astonishingly racist Supreme Court rulings.
Definition of the term "institutional racism."
Four months after the end of the American Civil War, Colonel P.H. Anderson offered his escaped slave, Jourdon, a "good chance" on the old plantation. This was Jourdon's reply.
Take a free seven-day online course on the civil rights movement from About.com African-American History Guide Jessica McElrath.
A timeline of the American civil rights movement, written by African-American History Guide Jessica McElrath.
About.com Guide Jessica McElrath explains how slave states responded in the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War. The Black Codes restricted the rights of newly-freed blacks so that their lives would resemble those of slaves as much as possible, and necessitated the passing of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
About.com African-American History Guide Jessica McElrath discusses how Reconstruction-era civil rights laws gave way to Jim Crow in the aftermath of the American Civil War.
The ruling that gave us seven decades of government-mandated segregation, transcribed by African-American History Guide Jessica McElrath.
An image gallery of actual segregation signs, provided by African-American History Guide Jessica McElrath.
Actual laws enforcing Jim Crow statutes, transcribed by African-American History Guide Jessica McElrath.
The ACLU's advocacy page for racial justice issues, with up-to-the-minute news, links, and special reports.
In reviewing the work of philosopher Martha Nussbaum, Atheism and Agnosticism Guide Austin Cline develops a solid way of explaining the justification behind hate crime statutes.
