Highlights
Upcoming Commission Briefings
- February 8, 2008 - Religious Discrimination and Prisoners' Rights
- April 4, 2008 - Review of the Community Reinvestment Act
- June 6, 2008 - The PATRIOT Act as it Relates to anti-Arab and anti-Muslim Discrimination
- September 12, 2008 - Religious Discrimination the the Workplace
- November 7, 2008 - Voting Rights in the U.S. Territories
- Public Comments
Commission News
- Civil Rights Commission to Examine Prisoners' Religious Rights (PDF) (Media Advisory)
- Civil Rights Commission Director to Step Down (PDF) (Media Advisory)
- Civil Rights Commission Receives Clean Audit (PDF) (Media Advisory)
- Civil Rights Commission to Examine Whether Minorities Are Misplaced in Special Education (PDF) (Media Advisory)
- Civil Rights Commission To Examine Discrimination Against Native Americans In Border Towns (PDF) (Media Advisory)
- U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Reports that School Districts Obtaining Unitary Status Do Not Exhibit Less Integration (PDF) (Media Advisory)
- U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to Examine Race in Foster Care and Adoption (PDF) (Media Advisory)
- U.S. Civil Rights Commission Warns That Affirmative Action Might Harm Minority Law Students (PDF) (Media Advisory)
- USCCR Mourns The Passing of Renowned Civil Rights Attorney and Leader Oliver W. Hill (PDF) (Media Advisory)
- Civil Rights Commission To Examine School Choice, The Blaine Amendments and Anti-Catholicism (PDF)
- Ending Campus Anti-Semitism Public Education Web Site to be Launched By U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (PDF) (Media Advisory)
- Civil Rights Commission Vice Chair Acclaimed for Resolute Commitment to Equality (PDF) (Media Advisory)
- Civil Rights Commission to Examine Covert Wiretapping in the War on Terror (PDF) (Media Advisory)
- Civil Rights Congress Appoints Gail Heriot to the US Commission on Civil Rights (PDF) (Media Advisory)
- Civil Rights Commission Vice Chair Recognized For Distinguished Scholarship (PDF) (Media Advisory)
- Civil Rights Commission to Examine Whether School Districts are Facilitating or Impeding Supplemental Services for Low-Income Students (PDF) (Media Advisory)
- GPO Federal Depository Library Offers First-Ever Digital Collection of Civil Rights Documents (PDF) (Media Advisory)
Other
Recent Reports
Commission Reports
- Becoming Less Separate?: School Desegregation, Justice Department, and the Pursuit of Unitary Status (PDF)
- Voting Rights Enforcement & Reauthorization (PDF)
- Funding Federal Civil Rights Enforcement: The President's 2006 Request (PDF)
- Federal Procurement After Adarand (PDF)
Briefing Reports
- Affirmative Action in American Law Schools (PDF)
- Benefits of Diversity in K-12 Schools (PDF)
- Campus Anti-Semitism (PDF)
- Reauthorization of the Temporary Provisions of the Voting Rights Act (PDF)
- Disparity Studies as Evidence of Discrimination in Federal Contracting (PDF)
- Findings and Recommendations of the United States Commission on Civil Rights Regarding Campus Anti-Semitism (PDF)
- The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005 (PDF)
- The Economic Stagnation of the Black Middle Class (PDF)
SAC Reports
- An Analysis of Title I Allocations by North Carolina's Ten Largest School Districts (PDF)
- Resources for Migrant Children Similar to Other Students but Achievement Still Lags (PDF)
- Desegregation of Public School Districts in Florida(PDF)
- Equal Education Opportunity: An Analysis of the Racial Achievement Gap In Kentucky Urban Schools (PDF)
- The Farmington Report: Civil Rights for Native Americans 30 Years Later (PDF)
- Language and Access to Health Care: Easing Barriers in New Hampshire (PDF)
Recent Correspondence
- Letter from Commissioners Thernstrom & Melendez to Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez - Alleged Voter Intimidation in Orange County, California. (PDF)
- Letter from Chairman Reynolds and Commissioners Braceras, Kirsanow, Yaki & Taylor to Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez - Alleged Voter Intimidation in Orange County, California. (PDF)
- Letter from Chairman Reynolds, and Commissioners Braceras, Kirsanow, & Taylor to the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, The Honorable Sally Stroup (PDF)
- Letter from Vice Chairman Thernstrom to the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, The Honorable Sally Stroup (PDF)
- Letter to Congressional Authorizing Subcommittees Recommending Extension of State Advisory Committee Terms (PDF)
- Letter from Chairman Reynolds, Vice Chair Thernstrom and Commissioners Braceras, Kirsanow, & Taylor to the Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings (PDF)
- Letter from Commissioner Yaki to the Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings (PDF)
- Letter to Smithsonian Urging Prominent Place on Mall for African American History Museum (PDF)
- Letter to Department of Justice Urging the Department to Investigate Alleged Racist Incidents in Spring Valley, Nevada
Recent Congressional
Reports and Testimony
- USCCR Performance and Accountability Report, Fiscal Year 2007 (PDF)
- USCCR February 15, 2006 Corrective Action Plan for FY 2005 Financial Statement Audit (PDF)
- USCCR Performance and Accountability Report, Fiscal Year 2005 (PDF)
- USCCR September 30, 2005 Report to the Senate Appropriations Committee on USCCR Reforms (PDF)
- USCCR September 15, 2005 Report to the House Appropriations Committee on USCCR Reforms (PDF)
- Statements from March 17, 2005 House Oversight Hearing
Recent Meeting Transcripts
- December 3, 2007 (PDF)
- November 9, 2007 (PDF)
- October 12, 2007 (PDF)
- August 24, 2007 (PDF)
- August 2, 2007 (PDF)
- June 1, 2007 (PDF)
- June 1, 2007 (Briefing) (PDF)
- May 11, 2007 (PDF)
- April 16, 2007 (PDF)
- April 13, 2007 (PDF)
- March 9, 2007 (PDF)
- March 7, 2007 (PDF)
- February 9, 2007 (PDF)
- January 26, 2007 (briefing) (PDF)
- January 26, 2007 (PDF)