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Civil Rights and Social Justice

This database covers civil rights in the United States as their legal protections and definitions are expanded to cover more and more Americans.

About the Database

Commission on Civil Rights

  • created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957, signed by President Eisenhower
  • charged with informing the development of national civil rights policy and enhancing enforcement of federal civil rights laws
  • holds hearings and publishes reports and studies on civil rights issues

Finding Content in HeinOnline

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Committee Prints and Hearings

  • Features committee prints and hearings on civil rights issues from a variety of congressional committees
  • Dedicated tabs for committee prints and congressional hearings
  • Browse content by Title, Author, Date, Subject
  • Using Advanced Search, restrict search results to show only committee prints or only hearings (or both!)
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CRS and GAO Reports

Dedicated tabs for reports on civil rights issues from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

What are these agencies?

  • The Congressional Research Service is a public policy research institute of the United States Congress
    • Their job is to help Congress form sound policies based on analysis and research
    • Access CRS Reports on topics other than civil rights by navigating to HeinOnline’s U.S. Congressional Documents database and selecting the CRS Reports subcollection
  • The Government Accountability Office is a legislative branch agency
    • They provide auditing, evaluation, and investigative services for the U.S. Congress
    • Staff produce reports and written correspondence, testimonies and statements for the record, briefings for congressional staff members, and more
    • Access GAO Reports on topics other than civil rights through HeinOnline's dedicated GAO Reports and Comptroller General Decisions database
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Scholarly Articles

  • Save research time by using articles curated by HeinOnline editors on civil rights issues
  • Access articles from publications from across all of HeinOnline*, not just periodicals in the Civil Rights collection
    • *in order to access a given article, users must be subscribed to the appropriate HeinOnline collection(s)
  • Sort by Article Title, Author, Most-Cited, Year (Newest First), or Year (Oldest First)

 

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External Links

  • Take your research further with resources outside of HeinOnline
  • Featuring links to prominent civil rights organizations and pages with supplemental historical information