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29 May 2023, 3:35 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights released its findings in a letter Friday wrapping up its investigation into Forsyth County Schools’ 2022 decision to pull nearly a dozen books from shelves after parents complained of titles’ sexual and LGBTQ content. [read post]
1 Feb 2022, 7:34 am by ernst
Recently published by Temple University Press: The Civil Rights Lobby: The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the Second Reconstruction, by Shamira Gelbman, Wabash College:As the lobbying arm of the civil rights movement, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR)—which has operated since the early 1950s—was instrumental in the historic legislative breakthroughs of the Second Reconstruction. [read post]
29 Aug 2004, 12:01 am
The legislation set up the US Commission on Civil Rights and the Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice. [read post]
31 Aug 2017, 8:03 am by Jeffrey Risman
On July 26, 2017, the Justice Department opted for the first interpretation and announced that it does not regard discrimination against LGBT employees as a violation of the provisions of the Civil Rights Act. [read post]
31 Aug 2017, 8:03 am by Jeffrey Risman
On July 26, 2017, the Justice Department opted for the first interpretation and announced that it does not regard discrimination against LGBT employees as a violation of the provisions of the Civil Rights Act. [read post]
24 Aug 2007, 10:08 am
Kim [official profile] has resigned [press release] as head of the Justice Department's embattled Civil Rights Division [official website]. [read post]
5 Apr 2023, 1:44 pm by Immigration Prof
The Department of State on March 20 released its 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: "The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – the Human Rights Report – cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as... [read post]
13 Feb 2004, 6:47 am
In Friday's civil rights news, the Huntsville Times reports that Alabama Governor Bob Riley asked his staff today to review a state Department of Public Safety policy that prohibits Muslim women from wearing traditional [read post]
26 Dec 2017, 10:40 am by Mavrick Law Firm
Both the Florida Civil Rights Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibit certain types of employment discrimination. [read post]
28 Mar 2018, 5:26 pm by Ryan J. Farrick
Including a question on citizenship status was enough to send congressional Democrats and civil rights advocates into a near-frenzy. [read post]
18 Sep 2012, 1:26 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
With the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and other federal agencies stepping up their civil rights and discrimination compliance audits and enforcement activities and private plaintiff discrimination suits against health care providers and other health industry organizations rising, health care, housing, health insurance and other organizations subject to these requirements are encouraged to learn more about… [read post]
12 Nov 2011, 7:01 am by immigrationprof
Thomas Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, noted in an address Thursday evening the number of hate crimes in the United States is rising. [read post]
4 Nov 2011, 11:59 am by immigrationprof
From the American Immigration Council: DOJ Responds Forcefully to Civil Rights Disaster in Alabama, What Will DHS Do? [read post]
19 Aug 2019, 11:59 am by CrimProf BlogEditor
Schwartz (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law) has posted Civil Rights Ecosystems on SSRN. [read post]
26 Aug 2012, 5:55 am by immigrationprof
The Associated Press reports that the Justice Department is establishing its first civil rights unit in Alabama, a move that comes after the state’s crackdown on illegal immigration raised broader... [read post]
23 Aug 2015, 7:00 pm by Steven D. Schwinn
Matt Apuzzo wrote last week in the NYT about DOJ's strategy of intervening--by filing statements of interest--in local civil rights cases. [read post]
4 Aug 2009, 7:59 pm
Two civil rights suits in the Atlanta metro area have received attention in the news recently. [read post]
1 Jun 2011, 1:16 pm by David Ingram
House Judiciary Committee said today they don’t plan to give up on allegations that the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is improperly considering race when deciding how to handle cases. [read post]
7 Jul 2009, 10:29 pm
7-7-2009 Florida:A educational walk through the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act.In Florida right now there are over 75 men and one woman living under the Julia Tuttle Causeway bridge. [read post]