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Also Try Civil Rights and Security Lists Civil Rights Movement in the United States (Thinkquest.org) Provides carefully selected sources of information on the civil rights movement in the United States. 7-05 News -07-21-06 Senate Approves 25-Year Extension of Voting Rights Act (New York Times) "The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to extend the landmark Voting Rights Act for another 25 years, as lawmakers of both parties said federal supervision was still required to protect the ability of minorities and the disadvantaged to cast ballots in some regions of the country." 07-06 -09-21-07 Questions of Bias in Jena 6 Case (Christian Science Monitor) "Despite a narrowing of the racial gap in the past decade, the average black juvenile remains far more likely to be arrested and convicted than his white counterpart. But researchers are divided on whether race or other factors, such as poverty, are the driving factor." 09-07 -11-23-06 Sharpton: Richards' Apology Not Enough (CNN News) "IThe Rev. Al Sharpton said Wednesday he refused to accept an apology from actor Michael Richards, who spouted a racist rant at a comedy club last week." 11-06 01-16-07 American Airlines Sued for Racial Discrimination (ABC News) "A federal jury has awarded $400,000 to a Miami man who sued American Airlines Inc. claiming racial discrimination after he was removed from a flight before it departed Logan International Airport." 01-07 Antiracism and Social Justice News (Antiracismnet.org) Provides news related to social justice. 2-04 Race in America (MSNBC News) Provides news and history related to issues of race and ethnicity. 10-04 Papers Death Row Conviction Overturned Over Race Bias (ABC News) "The Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a black death row inmate who said Texas prosecutors unfairly stacked his jury with whites, issuing a harsh rebuke to the state that executes more people than any other." 6-05 European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) Reports on racism in Europe. 12-03 Issue - Civil Rights (CNN News) Provides a chart comparing the views of candidates for president. 1-04 Strongly Held Stereotypes (ABC News) "Most adults claim they don't have these biases, but psychologists who study stereotypes say they do." 09-06 The Impact of Your Name (ABC News) "Since the content of the resumes was identical, it would make sense that they'd get the same attention. However, the resumes with the white-sounding names were actually downloaded 17 percent more often by job recruiters than the resumes with black-sounding names." 09-06 UN Criticizes USA for Racial Discrimination (United Nations Committee to End Racial Discrimination) Provides a summary of UN findings against the United States. What Dolls Can Tell Us About Race (ABC News) "A new short film by a New York City high school student asks how far our society has come in its attitude toward race since the 1940s." 10-06 Projects Oregon - MacKenzie River Gathering Foundation (Foundation Center) "The Foundation's grantmaking focuses on human and civil rights, racial justice, economic justice, environmental protection, peace, and international solidarity." 10-02

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