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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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- Desegregation and the cities : the trends and policy choices / prepared by the Committee on Human Resources, United States Senate (1977)
- Voting rights in major corporations : a staff study / prepared by the Subcommittee on Reports, Accounting, and Management of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate (1978)
- The Americans with Disabilities Act : opening doors to the workplace : hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session ... July 26, 2000
- Due Process Guarantee Act: Banning Indefinite Detention of Americans: Hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, Second Session (2012)
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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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Legislative Histories
- curated list of legislative histories of specific civil rights legislation
- learn the process that went into passing these laws through their various evolving pieces
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Supreme Court Briefs
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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)
Other Related Works
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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