This Guide gives you easy access to the historical events, political acts and policy decisions that provide the context for the contemporary civil rights debate.

Part One:

• Civil Rights: A Chronology
• Civil Rights Glossary
• Demographics

Part Two:

• Law and Policy
• Supreme Court and Civil Rights
• School Desegregation
• Housing
• Employment Discrimination
• Affirmative Action
• Voting
• Criminal Justice

Part Three:

• Civil Rights Expanded
• Women
• People with Disabilities
• Gays and Lesbians
• Native Americans
• Age
• Religion
• Civil liberties
• Labor movement
• Asians
• Latinos

Part Four:

• Race, Class and Economic Justice