[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 5384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2925]


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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


Hearing on Racial and Ethnic Tensions in American Communities: 
Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination--Mississippi Delta

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Notice of hearing.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of the Civil 
Rights Commission Amendments Act of 1994, Section 3, Pub. L. 103-419, 
108 Stat. 4338, as amended, and 45 CFR Section 702.3, that a public 
hearing of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will commence on 
Thursday, March 6, through Saturday, March 8, 1997, beginning daily at 
8:30 a.m., in the Mississippi Room at the Ramada Inn, 2700 U.S. Highway 
82 East, Greenville, Mississippi 38704.
    The purpose of the hearing is to collect information within the 
jurisdiction of the Commission, under 45 CFR 702.2, related 
particularly to voting rights, public education, and equality of 
economic opportunity in the Mississippi Delta region in order to 
examine underlying causes of racial and ethnic tensions in the United 
States.
    The Commission is authorized to hold hearings and to issue 
subpoenas for the production of documents and the attendance of 
witnesses pursuant to 45 CFR Section 701.2(c). The Commission is an 
independent bipartisan, factfinding agency authorized to study, 
collect, and disseminate information, and to appraise the laws and 
policies of the Federal Government, and to study and collect 
information with respect to discrimination or denials of equal 
protection of the laws under the Constitution because of race, color, 
religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or in the 
administration of justice.
    Hearing impaired persons who will attend the hearing and require 
the services of a sign language interpreter, should contact Betty 
Edmiston, Administrative Services and Clearinghouse Division at (202) 
376-8105 (TDD (202) 376-8116), at least five (5) working days before 
the scheduled date of the hearing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Brooks, Press and 
Communications (202) 367-8312.
Stephanie Y. Moore,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 97-2925 Filed 2-3-97; 10:53 am]
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