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The duBois Institute hosted a conference marking the 100th anniversary of the Plessy v. Ferguson U.S. Supreme Court decision which was argued in April 1896. In this session a panel of attorn…

Representatives of civil rights organizations opposed to the confirmation of Judge Clarence Thomas offered testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee. John Buchanan, representing People for…

The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, a separate organization from the NAACP, held a news conference to announce its opposition to the nomination of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarenc…

Representatives of the Black Leadership Forum held a press conference on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol to respond to President Bush’s commencement speech at the U.S. Military Academy in We…

The two speakers debated the status of civil rights in America. They particularly focused on the civil rights bill of 1990 vetoed by President Bush, and the proposed civil rights legislation…

Participants talked about the effects of standardized testing on blacks and other minorities and considered claims that such tests are culturally biased and fail to determine the actual pote…

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the cases Board of Education v. Dowell and Perry v. Louisiana and Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Cleopatra Haslip. In Dowell, the role of …

The House Education and Labor Committee met with the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights to hear testimony on the Civil Rights Act of 1990.

Panelists talked about the civil rights movement and the law. They spoke at a University of Mississippi School of Law and the Center for the Study of Southern Culture event in Oxford, Missis…

National Rainbow Coalition panel discussion on Renewing the Civil Rights Agenda

NAACP hosted a speakers panel to share their thoughts and comments on the present crisis facing civil rights in America during 1989.

The committee conducted a third hearing on death penalty legislation. The proceedings focused on race discrimination and capital sentencing decisions in jurisdictions throughout the United S…

Panelists discussed maintaining the Affirmative Action provisions.

Dick Thornburgh, U.S. Attorney General, addressed the Operation PUSH annual convention and answered questions.

Charles Morgan Jr. and Julius Chambers spoke to Bruce Collins about the civil rights movement, and then took viewer call-in questions.

The survey conducted by Harris explores Americans' attitudes towards race. Specifically, the survey sought to accomplish three things: (1) to track the attitudes about race relations over ti…

Cases discussed: Patterson v. McClean Credit Union is an attempt by Ms. Patterson to sue her employer on charges of racial harassment. A decision on this case could reverse the previous opi…

A Supreme Court Oral Argument news conference on Brenda Patterson versus McLean Credit Union. Attorney Roger Kaplan, representing Mclean Credit Union took questions from reporters. Attorney …

Witnesses testified on employment discrimination and affirmative action laws.

Nominees and witnesses testified for and against the replacement members for the Commission On Civil Rights. This is an incomplete program.