FBI wants public's help in civil rights killings
By SHELIA BYRD Associated Press Writer JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Over the last three years, the FBI scoured faded documents, interviewed aging lawmen and tracked down witnesses from killings that occurred decades ago, many of them involving white police officers who shot black men or teenagers.
NY's top court rejects prison phone rate refunds
By VALERIE BAUMAN Associated Press Writer ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's highest court ruled Monday that families forced to pay high phone rates to talk to relatives in state prison won't receive refunds for the cost. The lawsuit was first brought by the inmates' families in 2004.
FBI wants public's help in civil rights killings
By SHELIA BYRD Associated Press Writer JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Over the last three years, the FBI scoured faded documents, interviewed aging lawmen and tracked down witnesses from killings that occurred decades ago, many of them involving white police officers who shot black men or teenagers.
NY's top court rejects prison phone rate refunds
By VALERIE BAUMAN Associated Press Writer ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's highest court ruled Monday that families forced to pay high phone rates to talk to relatives in state prison won't receive refunds for the cost. The lawsuit was first brought by the inmates' families in 2004.
FBI wants public's help in civil rights killings
By SHELIA BYRD Associated Press Writer JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Over the last three years, the FBI scoured faded documents, interviewed aging lawmen and tracked down witnesses from killings that occurred decades ago, many of them involving white police officers who shot black men or teenagers.
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American Civil Rights Institute A national
civil rights organization created to educate the public about racial and gender
preferences.
Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch is
dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world.
Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
Nonprofit organization that combats hate, intolerance and discrimination through
education and litigation.
U.S. Department of Justice,
Civil Rights Division Primary institution within the federal
government responsible for enforcing federal statutes prohibiting discrimination
on the basis of race, sex, handicap, religion, and national origin.
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Federal agency which enforces employment anti-discrimination laws including
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of l964; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act; the
Equal Pay Act; sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1991; and Title I of the
Americans with Disabilities Act.