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Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., San Francisco, CA. – 1977
In the summer of 1975, the protective provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act were extended to parts of the Southwest. This marks a significant point in the history to secure for Chicanos a meaningful participation in the political process. The basic purpose of the Act assures that minorities can participate in the election process without any…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Responsibility, Civil Rights
Rubel, David – 1990
This biography for younger readers recounts the life of Fannie Lou Hamer, one of the first black organizers of voter registration in Mississippi. The book presents an overview of the civil rights movement while describing Hamer's life in Mississippi, her involvement in voter rights in 1962 at the age of 45, and her efforts as a civil rights…
Descriptors: Activism, Biographies, Black History, Black Leadership
Dallard, Shyrlee – 1990
This book examines the life of Ella Baker, the civil rights worker who was a key figure in the formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and other civil rights organizations. The biography, which is aimed at young readers aged 10 and older, recounts the history of the…
Descriptors: Activism, Apartheid, Biographies, Black Leadership
Jones, Helen – 1985
The formal and noninstitutional education of women in South Australia during 1875-1915 is discussed. Attention is directed to educational developments that took place in both the classroom and the wider society, including the establishment of women's trade unions, an innovative female cooperative clothing factory, heightened political awareness…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Foreign Countries
Buesing, Gregory – 1973
Written for purposes of furthering aid to the Association of Aroostook Indian (AAI) in procuring Maliseet and Micmac American Indian rights, this essay provides historical documentation of U.S. treaties verifying Native American rights. This essay asserts that although about 4,000 Micmacs and Maliseets live in New England (1,000 in Maine), they…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Civil Rights, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Rights at Risk: Equality in an Age of Terrorism. Report of the Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights.
Download full textPiche, Dianne M., Ed.; Taylor, William L., Ed.; Reed, Robin A., Ed. – 2002
This volume chronicles the progress of the administration, executive branch agencies, and Congress in ending discrimination and advancing civil rights. The study has 21 chapters in 2 parts. Part one includes: (1) "Rights at Risk"; and (2) "Recommendations of the Commission." Part two includes a series of working papers prepared…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Diversity (Student), Educational Policy
