Another gay teen suicide bullying case. Phillip Parker, age 14 in TN /via @Jethro_Aryeh #civilrights #humanrights

Oh my. Thanks CH! RT @shortyvotes: @minorjive, you were nominated by @caffeinehusky for a Shorty Award in #civilrights

The Takeaway: 46 Years Later: Justice for a #CivilRights #Murder Victim #frankmorris #coldcase #racism

@ted_ra The Colorlines article is up, btw:

Nelson also reports: Feds vow to solve Frank Morris #murder #coldcase #civilrights #louisiana

Book Review

AT THE DARK END OF THE STREET

Black Women, Rape, and Resistance: A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power

By Danielle L. McGuire

Knopf. 324 pp. $27.95

Yet Another Bullied Gay Teen Suicide: A 17-Year Old #terrelwilliams #pleasenotanotherone #failuretoprotect #civilrights

Today I share a byline w/one of my heroes: "Edgar Ray Killen claims God is on his side" #kkk #civilrights

RT @ruby: I am so F-ing excited about this: Opens Fri! #civilrights #nc #history

RT @coldcaseproject: Jerry Mitchell has started a blog, Journey to Justice expect x-posts at

In February 2006, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) enacted an initiative to identify and closely examine all unsolved hate crimes resulting in death that occurred prior to 1970. A review of cold case civil rights matters that met the above criteria was conducted and, with the help of our federal, state and local law enforcement partners, as well as community leaders and civic organizations, numerous cases of unsolved violent crimes from the Civil Rights era are now being thoroughly examined and reinvestigated.
 
The Jackson Division of the FBI, which covers the state of Mississippi, was assigned 43 such cases. We are actively assessing each one to determine whether any new information can be developed which will help resolve these matters or lead to the identification and prosecution of responsible individuals if evidence indicates a crime was committed. While it is realized not every case will be resolved and, in some cases, the perpetrators may no longer be alive or there may be no federal prosecutorial jurisdiction, the Jackson Division is aggressively moving forward in investigating these cases while utilizing the updated analytical and forensic tools available to law enforcement today.
 
The names of the following deceased individuals represent the possible unsolved hate crime casesoccurring during the Civil Rights era which were received by the FBI’s Jackson Division:
 

Senator Edward Kennedy changed the face of education as we know it today; starting in 1964 when he made the first speech in favor of civil rights legislation which resulted in the integrated schools we have today.

These are the names of 74 men and women who died between 1952 and 1968 under circumstances suggesting they were the victims of racially motivated violence. The information below was gathered by the Southern Poverty Law Center as it planned a timeline of killings and other civil rights era events for the Civil Rights Memorial. The Memorial, dedicated in 1989, includes the names of 40 civil rights martyrs who were slain during that era. The names below were not inscribed on the Memorial because there was insufficient information about their deaths at the time the Memorial was created. They are, however, identified in a display at the Civil Rights Memorial Center as "The Forgotten."

The FBI is currently seeking information and next of kin for more than 100 unsolved civil rights murders that occurred prior to 1969. These cases are being reexamined as a result of the Civil Rights-era Cold Case Initiative, a joint effort with federal, state and local law enforcement partners, as well as community leaders and civic organizations. A partial listing of these cold cases is presented below.

"Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow" stories of Jewish refugee teachers and their black students #black #jewish #relations

In his Aug. 22 op-ed, "Reviving Jim Crow?" David J. Becker describes Georgia's new voting law as "one of the single most discriminatory pieces of voting legislation of recent years." Why? Simply because it requires that voters have a photo ID.

Justice Department lawyers concluded that the landmark Texas congressional redistricting plan spearheaded by Rep. Tom DeLay (R) violated the Voting Rights Act, according to a previously undisclosed memo obtained by The Washington Post. But senior official

Any day now the Justice Department will render judgment on one of the single most discriminatory pieces of voting legislation of recent years: a Georgia state law requiring voters to present one of only six forms of photo identification before they can ex

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, which has enforced the nation's anti-discrimination laws for nearly half a century, is in the midst of an upheaval that has driven away dozens of veteran lawyers and has damaged morale for many of those who

Key data from the Justice Department and the federal courts show that the government's enforcement of civil rights cases -- an extremely rare event under all recent presidents -- sharply declined during the Bush years.

Federal enforcement of civil rights laws has dropped sharply since 1999, as the level of complaints received by the Justice Department has remained relatively constant, according a study released Sunday.

When the Ayers case was filed in 1975, times were different for black students. What the lawsuit sought and what has transpired over time is also different.

October 1977 (pdf)

directory of Civil Rights organizations, fed, state and private, prepared by USCCR

An Assessment of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Employment Litigation Section

USCCR Report

Index of USCCR Reports on the US Justice System (since 2000)

USCCR - Volume V: The Los Angeles Report

USCCR Report (2003)

report does not seem to be on the website

US Commission on Civil Rights Report (2000)

Racial and Ethnic Tensions in American Communities: Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination—Volume VII

"...to the end that human rights shall be regarded as more sacred than property interests."