Primary Sources

• Emancipation Proclamation - The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
• 18 USC 245 Civil Rights - Cornell Legal Information Institute
• 13^th Amendment - Abolition of Slavery
• 14^th Amendment - Equal Protection Clause
• 15^th Amendment - Rights Not to be Denied on Account of Race
• EEOC - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, enforces all federal equal employment opportunity regulations, practices, and policies
• 42 USC 3604 Fair Housing Act - Prohibition of Discrimination in the sale or rental of housing
• HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Hate Crime - National Criminal Justice Reference Service provides stats, legislation, and other information on hate crimes
• Hate Crime Prevention Act of 2009
• 42 USC - Civil Rights Act