CIVIL RIGHTS related term(s) Civil Liberties; Discrimination; Human Rights
Addresses
Gay Rights Are Civil Rights: Julian Bond, NAACP, E2019 [6OC]
I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr., H9404 [28OC]
Amendments
Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance by Committee on the Library (Joint) of a bust of Sojourner Truth and display of the bust in the Capitol rotunda (H.R. 4510), H12284, H12291 [18DE]
Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (H.R. 358), S13406, S13417 [18NO], H12189 [18DE]
Parks, Rosa: direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall (H.R. 4145), H10789 [17NO]
———direct the Committee on the Library (Joint) to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks for placement in the U.S. Capitol (S. Con. Res. 62), S13034, S13041 [16NO]
Reich, Alan A.: tribute (H. Res. 586), H12214 [18DE]
Rosa Parks Federal Building, Detroit, MI: designate (S. 1285), S11893 [26OC]
Articles and editorials
Air Force Chaplain Says She Was Removed for Being Critical, H3267 [16MY]
Alito—A Threat to Civil Rights, E2520 [14DE]
Black Moses—The International Appeal for This Black Nationalist Still Lives, E1151 [7JN]
Chaplain Says She Was Ousted, H3267 [16MY]
Civil Rights Activist James Forman Dies at 76; Key Organizer of SNCC, E180 [8FE]
Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Dies at 92—Long Known as the ``Mother of the Civil Rights Movement'', E2238 [1NO]
Civil Rights Lawyer Baker Motley Dies, E1995 [29SE]
Civil-Rights Leader Mourns an African-American Population Left Behind, S9717 [7SE]
Constance Baker Motley, Civil Rights Trailblazer, Dies at 84, E1994 [29SE]
Exhibit of Lynching Photos Shows Evil We Must Remember, S6378 [13JN]
Extending Democracy to Ex-Offenders, E1319 [23JN]
Kenneth Clark, Who Helped End Segregation, Dies, E845, E847 [3MY]
Kenneth Clark Dies; Helped Desegregate Schools, E891 [5MY]
Marking a Park's Social Revolution, E1819 [13SE]
One Draft of Iraq's Constitution Makes Islam Main Source, H6689 [27JY]
Personal Evolution of a Civil Rights Giant, E1053 [23MY]
Present at the Disintegration, H12032 [16DE]
Progress in Restoring Felons' Right To Vote, E1463 [12JY]
Punishing Men Like Killen Best Possible Apology, S7911 [1JY]
Reflecting on Kenneth Bancroft Clark—Pioneer and Inspiration to the Joint Center, E1528 [19JY]
Remarkable Pat Ritter, E4 [4JA]
Samuel T. Daniels, 82, Leader in Local Civil Rights Struggle, S2241 [8MR]
Senate Issues Apology Over Failure on Lynching Law, E1250 [15JN]
Time To Fix Riot's Wrongs, E487 [17MR]
Voting Rights Act—Instrument of Democracy, E1718 [29JY]
With Freedom Comes Politics, S11606 [20OC]
Woman of the People—Shirley Chisholm Took a Back Seat to No One, E28 [4JA]
Bills and resolutions
Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 207), S8826 [25JY] (see H. Res. 378), H6431 [25JY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance by Committee on the Library (Joint) of a bust of Sojourner Truth and display of the bust in the Capitol rotunda (see H.R. 4510), H11503 [13DE]
———authorizing use of Grounds for event commemorating the Million Man March anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 161), H3694 [19MY]
———revise women's suffrage statue located in the Capitol rotunda to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth (see H.R. 937), H794 [17FE] (see H.R. 4475), H11326 [8DE]
Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans: establish (see H.R. 40), H72 [4JA]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 67), H353 [2FE]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (see H.R. 259), H136 [6JA]
———protect civil rights of victims of gender-motivated violence and create employer liability for negligent conduct resulting in gender-motivated crimes on employer-controlled premises (see H.R. 714), H522 [9FE]
———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see S. 1145), S6021 [26MY] (see H.R. 2662), H4138 [26MY]
Dept. of Justice: acquire data on crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on gender (see H.R. 1193), H1263 [9MR]
———establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division (see S. 1369), S7909 [1JY] (see H.R. 3506), H7556 [28JY]
———require report to Congress on investigation into murder of Emmett Till (see S. Con. Res. 3), S145 [24JA] (see H. Con. Res. 77), H797 [17FE]
Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 288), H137 [6JA]
Dunham, Katherine: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 110), H1695 [17MR]
EEOC: require report on use of the Fair Labor Standards Act by public and private sector employers to foster or exacerbate pay inequity (see H.R. 157), H76 [4JA]
Employment: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 841), S3897 [19AP] (see H.R. 1687), H2148 [19AP]
———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 840), S3897 [19AP] (see H.R. 1697), H2149 [19AP]
Federal employees: affirm protection from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and repudiate any assertion to the contrary (see H.R. 3128), H5599 [30JN]
Garvey, Marcus: pardon (see H. Con. Res. 57), H587 [14FE]
Gibbons, Pasqualine J.: correct the unfair passing over for promotion to grade of technical sergeant during World War II (see H. Res. 204), H1895 [12AP] (see H. Res. 257), H2977 [4MY]
History: apologize to lynching victims, and their descendants, for the Senate's failure to enact anti-lynching legislation (see S. Res. 39), S1049 [7FE]
———establish a commission to investigate the expulsion of African-American residents of certain Missouri cities from their homes between 1894 and 1901 and make recommendations regarding reparations (see H.R. 1977), H2735 [28AP]
———recognize contributions of the ``Greensboro Four'' (see H. Con. Res. 25), H196 [25JA]
Horne, Lena: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 112), H1695 [17MR]
Immigration: restrict issuance of visas to Saudi Arabian citizens until certification that Saudi Arabia does not discriminate in the issuance of visas on the basis of religious affiliation or heritage (see H.R. 604), H353 [2FE]
India: condemn conduct of Narendra Modi for actions to incite religious persecution and urge the U.S. to condemn all violations of religious freedom in India (see H. Res. 156), H1509 [15MR] (see H. Res. 160), H1622 [16MR]
International Women's Day: designate (see S. Res. 74), S2245 [8MR]
Iraq: commend people for holding a successful referendum on a new constitution (see H. Res. 504), H9043 [20OC]
———encourage Transitional National Assembly to adopt a constitution that grants and protects women's equal rights under the law (see S. Res. 231), S9468 [29JY] (see H. Res. 383), H6650 [26JY]
John Lewis Civil Rights Institute, Atlanta, GA: designate (see S. 1258), S6740 [16JN] (see H.R. 2953), H4655 [16JN]
Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see S. Con. Res. 42), S6658 [15JN] (see H. Con. Res. 160), H3694 [19MY]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: provide for expeditious disclosure of records relevant to life and assassination (see H.R. 2554), H3768 [23MY]
———redesign the $1 coin in commemoration (see H.R. 1432), H1694 [17MR]
Korematsu, Fred T.: tribute (see S. Res. 126), S4398 [27AP]
Kuwait: commend for granting women certain important political rights (see H. Res. 292), H3769 [23MY] (see H. Res. 343), H5252 [27JN]
Law enforcement: clarify that bail bond sureties and bounty hunters are subject to both civil and criminal liability for violations of Federal rights under existing Federal civil rights law (see H.R. 2621), H4072 [25MY]
———prohibit racial profiling (see S. 2138), S13786 [16DE]
Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see S. 582), S2383 [9MR] (see H.R. 358), H195 [25JA]
Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 657), H411 [8FE]
Minorities: provide equal access to opportunity in education, business, and employment and support affirmative action programs in securing such equal access (see H. Res. 285), H3435 [17MY]
Montgomery, AL: anniversary of bus boycott (see H. Con. Res. 273), H9102 [25OC]
Motley, Constance Baker: tribute (see S. Res. 272), S11313 [7OC] (see H. Con. Res. 271), H9043 [20OC] (see H. Res. 497), H8846 [17OC]
National High School Mock Trial Championship, Inc.: call on Board of Directors to accommodate students of all religious faiths (see H. Res. 600), H11654 [14DE]
National Labor Relations Act: protect employer rights (see S. 983), S4646 [9MY] (see H.R. 1816), H2548 [26AP]
Parks, Rosa: anniversary of refusal to give up her seat on the bus and subsequent desegregation of American society (see H. Con. Res. 208), H5801 [13JY]
———authorize remains to lie in honor in the Capitol rotunda (see S. Con. Res. 61), S12007 [27OC] (see H. Con. Res. 286), H9425 [28OC]
———direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall (see S. 1959), S12353 [3NO] (see H.R. 4145), H9275 [26OC]
———direct the Committee on the Library (Joint) to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks for placement in the U.S. Capitol (see S. Con. Res. 62), S12526 [8NO]
———issue commemorative postage stamp (see S. 2154), S14186 [20DE] (see H.R. 4343), H10501 [16NO] (see H. Con. Res. 292), H9962 [7NO]
———tribute (see S. Res. 287), S11823 [25OC] (see H. Res. 512), H9275 [26OC]
Peratrovich, Roy and Elizabeth Wanamaker: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 448), S1623 [17FE]
Philadelphia Coalition: tribute (see H. Res. 362), H5914 [14JY]
R. Jess Brown U.S. Courthouse, Jackson, MS: designate (see H.R. 4426), H11034 [18NO]
Reich, Alan A.: tribute (see S. Res. 321), S13361 [18NO] (see H. Res. 586), H11109 [6DE] (see H. Res. 592), H11327 [8DE]
Rosa Parks Federal Building, Detroit, MI: designate (see S. 1285), S7070 [22JN] (see H.R. 2967), H4721 [17JN]
Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 595), H352 [2FE]
Selma, AL: anniversary of Bloody Sunday (see S. Res. 70), S2004 [3MR]
Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see S. 2010), S12839 [15NO]
Shabazz, Betty: tribute (see H. Res. 178), H1696 [17MR]
Taxation: deny exemption from income tax for social clubs found to be practicing prohibited discrimination (see H.R. 237), H79 [4JA]
Uzbekistan: urge protection of rights, observance of treaty obligations, and clarification of charges relative to arrest and detention of Sanjar Umarov (see S. Res. 295), S12238 [2NO] (see H. Res. 545), H10156 [10NO]
Voting: constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 28), H941 [2MR]
———secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see H.R. 663), H411 [8FE] (see H.R. 1300), H1507 [15MR]
Voting Rights Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 232), S9469 [29JY] (see H. Con. Res. 216), H6381 [22JY]
Women: constitutional amendment on equality of rights and reproductive rights (see H.J. Res. 31), H941 [2MR]
———constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 7), S2734 [15MR] (see H.J. Res. 37), H1508 [15MR]
———establish an appropriate day for commemoration of the women suffragists who fought for and won the right of women to vote in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 59), H5914 [14JY]
———protect breastfeeding by new mothers (see H.R. 2122), H3052 [5MY]
———ratify equal rights amendment as part of the Constitution upon ratification by certain State legislatures (see H. Res. 155), H1509 [15MR]
Zhao Ziyang: tribute (see S. Res. 55), S1514 [16FE]
Essays
A New Country, A New Century, A New Freedom: Mihan Lee, E861 [4MY], E1015 [19MY]
Eulogies
Parks, Rosa: by Jesse Jackson, Sr., E2301-E2303 [8NO]
Excerpts
House of Representatives debate on ratification of constitutional amendment on abolition of slavery (1865), E2496 [8DE]
``Mississippi Murder,'' Olen Burrage, E182 [8FE]
``Shut Out—A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston,'' Howard Bryant, E333-E335 [2MR]
Letters
Apology to lynching victims, and their descendants, for the Senate's failure to enact anti-lynching legislation: Janet Langhart Cohen, S6373 [13JN]
Class Action Fairness Act: several civil rights and labor organizations, H738 [17FE]
Equal rights for Iraqi women: several Representatives, H6689 [27JY]
Exempt class actions involving civil rights or certain labor laws from amendments to court procedures to move certain class action cases from State to Federal courts: John C. Davis, S1089 [8FE]
———Mary F. Singleton, S1088 [8FE]
———several Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., employees, S1088 [8FE]
———several State Attorneys General, S1089 [8FE]
———several civil rights and labor organizations, H649 [16FE]
Job Training Improvement Act: several religious and civil rights organizations, H862 [2MR]
Little Rock Central High School Desegregation 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act: Representative Oxley, Committee on Financial Services (House), H5186 [27JN]
———Representative Thomas, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H5186 [27JN]
Nomination of William H. Pryor, Jr., to be circuit judge and the Voting Rights Act: Representative John L. Lewis, S9151 [27JY]
U.S. Air Force Academy climate and culture for religious tolerance: Michael L. Dominguez, Sec. of the Air Force, H4759 [20JN]
Lists
Cosponsors of Byrd amendment to H.R. 2361, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, on Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial funding, S9372 [29JY]
Louisiana lynching victims, S6366-S6370 [13JN]
Poems
``Yo Soy Joaquin,'' Rodolfo (Corky) Gonzales, E656 [15AP]
Press releases
Council of Khalistan Annual Convention Very Successful: Coucil of Khalistan, E2092 [17OC]
Jailed Journalists' Support Day: Reporters Without Borders (organization), S13148-S13151 [17NO]
NAACP Says Lynching Resolution Long Overdue, E1321 [23JN]
Remarks in House
Alice Paul Institute: tribute to Alice Paul Equality Award recipients, E608 [12AP]
Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary (H. Res. 378), H6434, H6551 [26JY], E1607, E1609, E1610, E1612, E1614, E1621, E1622, E1625, E1627, E1628 [27JY], E1707, E1708, E1709, E1710, E1714, E1738 [29JY]
Benfer, David: Anti-Defamation League Greater Torch of Liberty Award recipient, E685 [19AP]
Burns, Emmett C., Jr.: Baltimore, MD, NAACP Thurgood Marshall Legacy Award recipient, E2093 [17OC]
Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance by Committee on the Library (Joint) of a bust of Sojourner Truth and display of the bust in the Capitol rotunda (H.R. 4510), H12283-H12286 [18DE]
———authorizing use of Grounds for event commemorating the Million Man March anniversary (H. Con. Res. 161), H8653, H8654, H8658 [6OC]
Caribbean Emancipation Day: observance, E1704 [29JY]
Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans: establish (H.R. 40), E5 [4JA]
Congressional Iraqi Women's Caucus: tribute to accomplishments, H992 [8MR]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: funding, H4612 [16JN], E1317 [23JN]
Courts: exempt class actions involving civil rights or certain labor laws from amendments to court procedures to move certain class action cases from State to Federal courts, H649 [16FE]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (H.R. 259), H3589 [19MY]
———inclusion of juvenile hate crimes in national hate crime database, H7903 [14SE]
———protect civil rights of victims of gender-motivated violence and create employer liability for negligent conduct resulting in gender-motivated crimes on employer-controlled premises (H.R. 714), E202 [9FE]
———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes, H7919-H7922, H7925 [14SE], H8073 [15SE], E1850 [14SE], E1878 [15SE], E1885 [19SE], E1931 [22SE], E1946 [26SE]
———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 2662), E1118 [26MY]
Denton County, TX: tribute to NAACP, E200 [9FE]
Dept. of Justice: acquire data on crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on gender (H.R. 1193), E393 [9MR]
———enforcement of civil rights laws, E2429 [18NO]
———establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division (H.R. 3506), E1679 [29JY]
———impact of political appointees, H10506 [17NO]
———investigate implementation of Texas redistricting plan, H11183 [7DE], H11226 [8DE]
District of Columbia: anniversary of Capital Pride Festival, E1037 [20MY]
Education: anniversary of Title IX, prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs and its critical role in guaranteeing equal educational opportunities for women and girls, H4988, H4989, H4990, H4991 [23JN], E1354 [24JN], E1373 [28JN]
EEOC: prohibit funding for closure or consolidation, H4531, H4532 [15JN]
Employment: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1687), E686, E695, E705 [19AP], E719 [21AP]
———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 1697), E686 [19AP]
Equal Pay Day: observance, E695, E705 [19AP], E719 [21AP]
Federal employees: affirm protection from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and repudiate any assertion to the contrary (H.R. 3128), E1437 [1JY]
Flower Mound, TX: tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., commemorative event, E2155 [24OC]
Garvey, Marcus: pardon (H. Con. Res. 57), E1582 [22JY], E1702 [29JY]
Gary, IN: tribute to Gary Frontiers Service Club, E67 [25JA]
———tribute to NAACP Life Membership Banquet and Scholarship Dinner, E932 [11MY]
Greene, Sarah M.: Urban League Whitney M. Young Award recipient, E2223 [28OC]
History: apologize to lynching victims, and their descendants, for the Senate's failure to enact anti-lynching legislation (S. Res. 39), E1249 [15JN], E1259 [17JN], E1321 [23JN]
———investigation of murder of civil rights organizers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County, MS, E182 [8FE]
———recognize contributions of the ``Greensboro Four'' (H. Con. Res. 25), H254, H261 [1FE], H593-H596 [15FE]
———tribute to Underground Railroad, E1248 [15JN]
India: condemn conduct of Narendra Modi for actions to incite religious persecution and urge the U.S. to condemn all violations of religious freedom in India (H. Res. 156), E451 [16MR]
———condemn conduct of Narendra Modi for actions to incite religious persecution and urge the U.S. to condemn all violations of religious freedom in India (H. Res. 160), E464 [17MR]
International Women's Day: observance, H992, H1003, H1005 [8MR], H1028, H1206 [9MR], E643 [13AP]
Iraq: commend for granting women certain important political rights, H8892 [18OC]
———encourage Transitional National Assembly to adopt a constitution that grants and protects women's equal rights under the law (H. Res. 383), H6686-H6691 [27JY]
———treatment of women's rights under the draft constitution, H7792 [8SE]
———vote on new constitution, H8811, H8812, H8820 [17OC], H8851-H8853, H8856, H8907-H8911, H8915 [18OC], H8924, H8925 [19OC], H9050, H9053 [25OC], H9455 [1NO]
John Lewis Civil Rights Institute, Atlanta, GA: designate (H.R. 2953), E1254 [17JN]
Juneteenth Independence Day: observance, H4651, H4652 [16JN], H4726 [20JN], E1249 [15JN], E1277 [17JN], E1281 [20JN]
———observance (H. Con. Res. 160), H4817-H4820 [21JN], E1317 [23JN]
Killen, Edgar Ray: manslaughter conviction for 1964 killing of civil rights organizers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County, MS, E1310 [21JN], E1339 [24JN]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: redesign the $1 coin in commemoration (H.R. 1432), E2034 [6OC]
Kuwait: commend for granting women certain important political rights (H. Res. 343), H5612 [11JY], E1513 [18JY]
Lincolnshire, IL: tribute to Adlai E. Stevenson High School National History Day scholars for efforts leading to the reopening of murder case of civil rights organizers in Neshoba County, MS, H241 [1FE], E54 [25JA]
Little Rock, AR: anniversary of desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, E1366 [27JN]
———mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (H.R. 358), H5183-H5186 [27JN], E1653 [27JY]
———mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (H.R. 358), Senate amendment, H12189-H12192 [18DE]
Meyer, Roslyn Milstein: Women's Health Research at Yale (organization) Women of Vision Award recipient, E690 [19AP]
Miami, FL: anniversary of Church of the Open Door, E2014 [6OC]
Montgomery, AL: anniversary of bus boycott (H. Con. Res. 273), H9266 [26OC], H11051-H11054 [6DE], E2476 [7DE], E2489 [8DE]
National Association of Black and White Men Together: anniversary, E650 [14AP]
National Coming Out Day: observance, H8738 [7OC]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: observance, H1901 [13AP], E694 [19AP]
News media: historical role in the civil rights movement, E1812 [8SE]
Parks, Rosa: anniversary of refusal to give up her seat on the bus, E1417 [1JY]
———anniversary of refusal to give up her seat on the bus and subsequent desegregation of American society, E2519 [14DE]
———anniversary of refusal to give up her seat on the bus and subsequent desegregation of American society (H. Con. Res. 208), H7881-H7883 [14SE], H9261, H9265 [26OC], E1481 [13JY], E1705, E1719 [29JY], E1874 [15SE], E1914 [21SE]
———authorize remains to lie in honor in the Capitol rotunda (S. Con. Res. 61), H9398-H9407 [28OC], E2278 [4NO]
———direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall (H.R. 4145), H9263 [26OC], H10786-H10789 [17NO]
———honorary moment of silence, H9070 [25OC]
———tribute (H. Res. 512), E2205 [27OC]
Payne, Representative: Essex County, NJ, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Leadership Award recipient, E231 [15FE]
Philadelphia Coalition: tribute (H. Res. 362), E1497 [15JY]
Reich, Alan A.: tribute (H. Res. 592), E2599 [17DE]
Republican Party: apology at NAACP conference for ``southern strategy'' started in 1968 to use race as a wedge on certain issues, E1640 [27JY]
Rosa Parks Federal Building, Detroit, MI: designate (H.R. 2967), H9198-H9202 [26OC], E1276 [17JN]
———designate (S. 1285), H9490-H9492 [2NO]
Selma, AL: anniversary of Bloody Sunday, H1005 [8MR]
Seneca Falls, NY: anniversary of women's rights convention, H6079 [19JY]
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network: tribute, E894 [5MY]
St. Louis, MO: anniversary of Sumner High School, E1116 [26MY]
Steinem, Gloria: Women's Health Research at Yale (organization) Women of Vision Award recipient, E690 [19AP]
Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision, H3421 [17MY], E1036, E1043 [20MY]
Tulsa, OK: call for Supreme Court resolution of claims resulting from 1921 race riots, E486 [17MR]
U.S. Air Force Academy: address issue of religious discrimination, H3266 [16MY], H3908 [25MY], H4193 [8JN]
———ensure a positive climate of religious freedom and tolerance, H4759-H4767 [20JN]
Uzbekistan: urge protection of rights, observance of treaty obligations, and clarification of charges relative to arrest and detention of Sanjar Umarov (H. Res. 545), H12178, H12179 [18DE]
Voting: secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences, E1319 [23JN], E1463 [12JY]
———secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (H.R. 1300), E453 [16MR]
Voting Rights Act: allow the expiration of provisions requiring certain jurisdictions to obtain preclearance for any new voting practice or procedure, H9613 [3NO]
———anniversary, E447 [16MR]
———anniversary (H. Con. Res. 216), E1579 [22JY], E1642 [27JY], E1675, E1680, E1684, E1703, E1705, E1715, E1717, E1725, E1734, E1738, E1745 [29JY]
Women: anniversary of suffrage, E2000 [29SE]
———establish an appropriate day for commemoration of the women suffragists who fought for and won the right of women to vote in the U.S. (H.J. Res. 59), H5804 [14JY], H5969, H5970, H5971 [19JY], H6387, H6388 [25JY], E1606, E1632, E1641, E1652, E1654 [27JY]
———protect breastfeeding by new mothers (H.R. 2122), E888 [5MY]
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom: anniversary, E651 [14AP]
Youth Pride Day: observance, E741 [22AP]
Remarks in Senate
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.: tribute, S10718 [29SE]
Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary (S. Res. 207), S8767-S8772, S8803-S8805 [25JY], S8934, S8937 [26JY], S9441 [29JY]
———anniversary (S. Res. 207), unanimous-consent agreement, S8764 [22JY]
———Supreme Court decisions on enforcement and compliance, S10537-S10539 [28SE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for event commemorating the Million Man March anniversary (H. Con. Res. 161), S11334 [7OC]
Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): history of hearings on Supreme Court nominees, S10467-S10469, S10471 [27SE]
Courts: exempt class actions involving civil rights or certain labor laws from amendments to court procedures to move certain class action cases from State to Federal courts, S1086-S1091 [8FE], S1165, S1180-S1183 [9FE]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes, S969 [3FE], S1046 [7FE], S1111 [8FE], S1194 [9FE], S1256 [10FE], S1341 [14FE], S1410 [15FE], S1499 [16FE], S1602 [17FE], S1792 [28FE], S1863 [1MR], S1928 [2MR], S2000 [3MR], S2081 [4MR], S2144 [7MR], S2239 [8MR], S2381 [9MR], S2478 [10MR], S2641 [14MR], S2728 [15MR], S2843 [16MR], S2985 [17MR], S3132 [4AP], S3271 [6AP], S3813 [18AP], S3893 [19AP], S4099 [21AP]
———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 1145), S6009, S6037, S6038 [26MY], S6221 [8JN], S6295 [9JN], S6469 [14JN], S6648 [15JN], S6812 [20JN], S7065 [22JN], S7289 [23JN], S7609 [29JN], S7805 [30JN], S8414 [18JY], S9150 [27JY], S9718 [7SE], S9820 [8SE], S9876 [9SE], S9925 [12SE], S9981 [13SE], S10033 [14SE], S10110 [15SE], S10185 [19SE], S10230 [20SE], S10289 [21SE], S10370 [22SE], S10421 [26SE], S10510 [27SE], S10583 [28SE], S10713 [29SE], S10795 [30SE], S10820 [3OC], S11121 [5OC], S11297 [7OC], S11414 [17OC], S11473 [18OC], S11556 [19OC], S11657 [20OC], S11765 [24OC], S11815 [25OC], S11913 [26OC], S12002 [27OC], S12123 [1NO], S12229 [2NO], S12348 [3NO], S12443 [7NO], S12522 [8NO], S12603 [9NO], S12678 [10NO], S12763 [14NO], S12836 [15NO], S12942 [16NO], S13155 [17NO], S13773 [16DE], S14027 [19DE], S14173 [20DE]
Dept. of Justice: establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division, S10026-S10028 [14SE]
———establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division (S. 1369), S7910 [1JY]
Education: anniversary of Title IX, prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs and its critical role in guaranteeing equal educational opportunities for women and girls, S6907 [21JN]
———reaffirm support for Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs and its critical role in guaranteeing equal educational opportunities for women and girls, S91, S93 [20JA]
Employment: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 841), S3894, S3900 [19AP]
———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (S. 840), S3894, S3900 [19AP]
History: apologize to lynching victims, and their descendants, for the Senate's failure to enact anti-lynching legislation (S. Res. 39), S1059-S1062 [7FE], S6348, S6364-S6388 [13JN], S6469 [14JN]
———recognize contributions of the ``Greensboro Four'', S1149 [9FE]
International Women's Day: designate (S. Res. 74), S2289-S2294 [8MR]
———observance, S2240 [8MR]
Iraq: encourage Transitional National Assembly to adopt a constitution that grants and protects women's equal rights under the law (S. Res. 231), S9583 [29JY]
———vote on new constitution, S11344 [17OC], S11450 [18OC], S11504, S11510-S11512 [19OC], S11604 [20OC], S12463 [8NO], S12556-S12558 [9NO], S12876-S12878 [16NO]
John Lewis Civil Rights Institute, Atlanta, GA: designate (S. 1258), S6747 [16JN]
Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (S. Con. Res. 42), S6664 [15JN], S6726 [16JN], S7063 [22JN]
Korematsu, Fred T.: tribute (S. Res. 126), S4432 [27AP]
Latin America: address racial discrimination against Afro-Latinos, S5918 [25MY]
Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (S. 2138), S13804-S13809 [16DE]
Lewis, Representative John L.: clarification of views on the Voting Rights Act, S9150 [27JY]
Lincolnshire, IL: tribute to Adlai E. Stevenson High School National History Day scholars for efforts leading to the reopening of murder case of civil rights organizers in Neshoba County, MS, S1257 [10FE]
Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (H.R. 358), S13417 [18NO]
———mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (S. 582), S2513 [11MR]
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site: visitor center funding, S7418, S7419 [27JN]
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance, S139 [24JA]
Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial: funding, S7420 [27JN], S7478-S7480, S7497 [28JN], S9371 [29JY]
Motley, Constance Baker: tribute (S. Res. 272), S11333, S11334 [7OC]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: observance, S3408 [11AP]
National Labor Relations Act: protect employer rights (S. 983), S4650 [9MY]
Parks, Rosa: anniversary of refusal to give up her seat on the bus and subsequent desegregation of American society (H. Con. Res. 208), S13409 [18NO]
———authorize remains to lie in honor in the Capitol rotunda (S. Con. Res. 61), S12026 [27OC], S12056 [28OC]
———direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall (H.R. 4145), S13409 [18NO]
———direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall (S. 1959), S12357 [3NO]
———direct the Committee on the Library (Joint) to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks for placement in the U.S. Capitol (S. Con. Res. 62), S13039-S13041 [16NO]
———tribute (S. Res. 287), S11814, S11846-S11849 [25OC]
Peratrovich, Roy and Elizabeth Wanamaker: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (S. 448), S1660 [17FE]
Reich, Alan A.: tribute (S. Res. 321), S13396 [18NO]
Reporters Without Borders (organization): observance of Jailed Journalists' Support Day, S13148 [17NO]
Rosa Parks Federal Building, Detroit, MI: designate (H.R. 2967), S12099 [1NO]
———designate (S. 1285), S7072 [22JN], S11783 [25OC], S11892-S11894 [26OC], S11999-S12001 [27OC]
Selma, AL: anniversary of Bloody Sunday, S2111 [7MR]
———anniversary of Bloody Sunday (S. Res. 70), S2050 [3MR]
Senate Rules: historical use of the filibuster as a checks and balance mechanism, S5250, S5287-S5290 [17MY]
Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (S. 2010), S12847-S12849 [15NO]
Tanzania: elections in Zanzibar, S12229 [2NO]
Uzbekistan: urge protection of rights, observance of treaty obligations, and clarification of charges relative to arrest and detention of Sanjar Umarov (S. Res. 295), S12279 [2NO]
Voting Rights Act: anniversary, S9434, S9441 [29JY]
———anniversary (S. Res. 232), S9541 [29JY]
———reauthorize, S6364 [13JN]
Women: commend participation in civic, political, economic life and reconstruction efforts of Iraq and Afghanistan, S2293 [8MR], S2981 [17MR]
———constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (S.J. Res. 7), S2744 [15MR], S2981 [17MR]
———establish an appropriate day for commemoration of the women suffragists who fought for and won the right of women to vote in the U.S. (H.J. Res. 59), S9317 [28JY], S9425 [29JY]
Zhao Ziyang: tribute (S. Res. 55), S1956 [2MR]
Reports
William Edgar Borah's Arguments Against Senate Anti-Lynching Bills in the 1920's and 1930's: David Palmer, S6381-S6383 [13JN]
Reports filed
Americans With Disabilities Act Anniversary: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 378) (H. Rept. 109-196), H6932 [27JY]
Anniversary of Rosa Parks' Refusal To Give Up Her Seat on the Bus and Subsequent Desegregation of American Society: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Con. Res. 208) (H. Rept. 109-193), H6932 [27JY]
Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H.R. 3128) (H. Rept. 109-313), H11032 [18NO]
Little Rock Central High School Desegregation 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 358) (H. Rept. 109-134), H4559 [15JN]
Rosa Parks Federal Building, Detroit, MI: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1285), S11917 [26OC]
Voting Rights Act Anniversary: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Con. Res. 216) (H. Rept. 109-195), H6932 [27JY]
Songs
``Strange Fruit,'' Billy Holiday, S6366 [13JN]
Statements
Americans With Disabilities Act Anniversary: Several Disability Rights and Civil Rights Organizations, S8936 [26JY], E1707 [29JY]
Civil Rights Act: Senator Inouye, S5041 [12MY]
Malcolm X—Remembering Him as More Than a Postage Stamp: Bill Fletcher, Jr., TransAfrica Forum (organization), E1010 [19MY]
NAACP Mourns Death of Kenneth B. Clark, Psychologist and Educator Who Helped End School Segregation: Dennis C. Hayes and Julian Bond, NAACP, E891 [5MY]
Summaries
Resolving Racial Confict—The Community Relations Service and Civil Rights (1964-1969): Bertram Levine, E447 [16MR]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 25, recognize civil rights contributions of the ``Greensboro Four'', H593 [15FE]
H. Con. Res. 160, Juneteenth Independence Day, H4817 [21JN]
H. Con. Res. 161, use of Capitol Grounds for event commemorating the Million Man March anniversary, H8653 [6OC]
H. Con. Res. 208, anniversary of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on the bus and subsequent desegregation of American society, H7881 [14SE]
H. Con. Res. 273, Montgomery, AL, bus boycott anniversary, H11052 [6DE]
H. Res. 343, commend Kuwait for granting women certain important political rights, H5612 [11JY]
H. Res. 383, encourage Iraqi Transitional National Assembly to adopt a constitution that grants and protects women's equal rights under the law, H6686 [27JY]
H. Res. 545, urge protection of rights, observance of treaty obligations, and clarification of charges relative to arrest and detention of Sanjar Umarov in Uzbekistan, H12178 [18DE]
H. Res. 586, tribute to Alan A. Reich, H12214 [18DE]
H.J. Res. 59, establish an appropriate day for commemoration of the women suffragists who fought for and won the right of women to vote in the U.S., H6387 [25JY]
H.R. 358, Little Rock Central High School Desegregation 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act, S13417 [18NO], H5184 [27JN]
H.R. 2967, Rosa Parks Federal Building, Detroit, MI, H9198 [26OC]
H.R. 4145, direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall, H10789 [17NO]
H.R. 4510, acceptance by Committee on the Library (Joint) of a bust of Sojourner Truth and display of the bust in the Capitol rotunda, H12284 [18DE]
S. 448, award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Roy and Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich, S1661 [17FE]
S. 983, Truth in Employment Act, S4651 [9MY]
S. 1258, John Lewis Civil Rights Institute, Atlanta, GA, S6748 [16JN]
S. 1285, Rosa Parks Federal Building, Detroit, MI, S7072 [22JN], S11894 [26OC], H9490 [2NO]
S. 1959, direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall, S12358 [3NO]
S. 2138, End Racial Profiling Act, S13805-S13808 [16DE]
S. Con. Res. 3, require Dept. of Justice report to Congress on investigation into murder of Emmett Till, S369 [24JA]
S. Con. Res. 42, Juneteenth Independence Day, S6664 [15JN]
S. Con. Res. 61, authorize remains of Rosa Parks to lie in honor in the Capitol rotunda, S12018, S12027 [27OC], H9407 [28OC]
S. Con. Res. 62, direct the Committee on the Library (Joint) to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks for placement in the U.S. Capitol, S12535 [8NO]
S. Res. 39, apologize to lynching victims, and their descendants, for the Senate's failure to enact anti-lynching legislation, S1059 [7FE], S6364 [13JN]
S. Res. 55, tribute to Zhao Ziyang, S1559 [16FE], S1956 [2MR]
S. Res. 70, Bloody Sunday anniversary, S2045, S2050 [3MR]
S. Res. 74, International Women's Day, S2275, S2294 [8MR]
S. Res. 126, tribute to Fred T. Korematsu, S4428, S4433 [27AP]
S. Res. 207, Americans With Disabilities Act anniversary, S8805, S8831 [25JY]
S. Res. 231, encourage Iraqi Transitional National Assembly to adopt a constitution that grants and protects women's equal rights under the law, S9540, S9583 [29JY]
S. Res. 232, Voting Rights Act anniversary, S9541 [29JY]
S. Res. 272, tribute to Constance Baker Motley, S11328, S11334 [7OC]
S. Res. 287, tribute to Rosa Parks, S11827, S11849 [25OC]
S. Res. 295, urge protection of rights, observance of treaty obligations, and clarification of charges relative to arrest and detention of Sanjar Umarov in Uzbekistan, S12252, S12280 [2NO]
S. Res. 321, tribute to Alan A. Reich, S13395 [18NO], S13455 [12DE]
S.J. Res. 7, constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights for women, S2745 [15MR]
Tributes
Motley, Constance Baker, H9280, H9281, H9282 [27OC]
Parks, Rosa, S11777, S11782-S11784 [25OC], S11911-S11913 [26OC], S12061-S12063 [31OC], S12229 [2NO], S12348 [3NO], H9053, H9054, H9070, H9074 [25OC], H9258-H9266 [26OC], H9280, H9281 [27OC], H9366, H9400, H9407 [28OC], E2170, E2171, E2172, E2174 [25OC], E2194, E2199, E2201 [27OC], E2213, E2215 [28OC], E2229, E2230, E2235, E2238 [1NO], E2256, E2259 [3NO], E2317 [9NO], E2370 [16NO], E2424 [18NO]