Commission on Civil Rights

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, established under the Civil Rights Act of 1957, is an independent, bipartisan, fact-finding agency of the executive branch. The Commission studies and collects information, serves as a national clearinghouse, and appraises Federal laws and policies with respect to discrimination or denial of equal protection of the laws under the Constitution.

The Commission website contains reports, briefings and papers. Recent publications include "The Economic Stagnation of the Black Middle Class", "The Farmington Report: Civil Rights for Native Americans 30 Years Later" and "Ten-Year Check-Up: Have Federal Agencies Responded to Civil Rights Recommendations?". The Commission's publications page is set up so that you can access publications from within the last 12 months in PDF format. Through the Catalog of Publications link at the top of the page, you can get access to lists of older publications browsable by type.

There is also a link to "Directories and Periodicals" that leads you to a Civil Rights Directory organized as browsable alphabetical lists by Federal Agencies, State and Local Agencies, and Private Organizations.