Civil rights (3185 bytes)
1: ...outlawing discrimination and its vestiges. Civil rights effectively upholds the values of [[positive libe...
4: ''Main article: [[American Civil Rights Movement]]''
6: ...]], [[1960s]], and [[1970s]] to enforce the civil rights of black Americans.
8: ...s issue, although each side claims to protect the rights of a different group.
12: ...rn Ireland since. One of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement was future [[Nobel Peace Prize]] winner ...

Civil rights history (503 bytes)
1: ...f [[disadvantaged]] groups to obtain full [[civil rights]]. These include:
3: * The [[US civil rights movement]] in the [[United States]]
6: * Rights of [[women]] and non-[[muslim]]s in countries dom...
7: * Various [[gay rights]] movements in countries across the [[world]].

Civil Rights Cases (4240 bytes)
1: ...ore particularly, the Court held that the [[Civil Rights Act of 1875]], which provided that "all persons w...
5: ...overcome the refusal of the states to protect the rights denied to African-Americans that white citizens t...
7: ...e Union for the white race, to secure and protect rights belonging to them as freemen and citizens; nothin...
9: ...gislation in the 1960s in the wake of the [[Civil Rights Movement]].
11: ... The Court has, however, upheld more recent civil rights laws based on Congress' power to regulate interst...

Civil Rights Memorial (1637 bytes)
1: The '''Civil Rights Memorial''' in [[Montgomery, Alabama]] is a [[mem...
7: ...represents the aspiration of the [[American civil rights movement]] against [[racism]].
11: [[Category:U.S. civil rights history]]
12: [[Category:Montgomery County, Alabama|*Civil Rights Memorial]]

Civil Rights Act (1105 bytes)
1: ...nited States]] laws have been called the '''Civil Rights Act''':
3: ...ivil Rights Act of 1866]] aimed to buttress Civil Rights Laws to protect freedmen and to grant full citiz...
4: * [[Civil Rights Act of 1875]] granted [[African American|Blacks]]...
5: ... Rights Commission]] (CRC) to protect individuals rights to [[equal protection]] and permitted courts to g...
6: * [[Civil Rights Act of 1960]] established federal inspection of l...

Civil Rights Commission (781 bytes)
1: The first President's '''Committee on Civil Rights''' was established by U.S. President [[Harry S. T...
3: ...r, Truman backtracked and introduced a weak civil rights [[plank]] which was later reversed by more libera...

Civil rights movement (35758 bytes)
1: ... it began and whether it has ended yet. The civil rights movement has also been called the Black Freedom M...
5: ...1877. During Reconstruction, which followed the [[Civil War]] (1861-1865), [[Republican]] governments in ...
7: ..., which had been designed to protect black voting rights. These requirements included: the ability to [[re...
23: ...politicians, voting for those who supported civil rights. These Northern black communities, and the politi...
29: ... again be their ally, as it had been during the [[Civil War]].

Civil Rights Act of 1964 (4537 bytes)
1: ...umb|250px|right|President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964.]]
2: The '''Civil Rights Act of [[1964]]''' (CRA '64) in the [[United Stat...
4: ...irmative action]] were made possible by the Civil Rights Act.
48: ==Major Features of the Civil Rights Act of 1964==
65: ...http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/civilr19.htm Full text of act]

Civil Rights Act of 1957 (5542 bytes)
1: ...tates|voting rights]] bill, was the first [[civil rights]] legislation enacted in the [[United States]] si...
5: ...ty]] groups. The senators desired these minority rights to be protected by the [[attorney general]] and [...
7: ... Northern senators encompassed demands for voting rights (the core of the bill), along with the ability of...
9: ...porters of a bill protecting (albeit weak) voting rights in the late [[1950s]].
11: ...ully contained the possibility of effective civil rights legislation since the [[1870s]] and the end of [[...

National Civil Rights Museum (213 bytes)
1: The '''National Civil Rights Museum''' is in [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. It is hou...

List of civil rights leaders (643 bytes)
1: Below is a list of [[civil rights]] leaders:

Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights (837 bytes)
1: The '''Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights''' was a [[political party]] in [[Gibraltar]].
3: ...roup implied, it was in favour of greater [[civil rights]] for Gibraltarians, removing many of the politic...

Civil Rights Act of 1968 (660 bytes)
1: ...[housing]]. It also provided protection for civil rights workers. It is also known as the Housing Act of 1...
15: ...Category:United States law]][[Category:U.S. civil rights history]]

Civil Rights Act of 1866 (1654 bytes)
1: ...f this act and it failed to guarantee the [[civil rights]] of African Americans.
3: ... several pieces of legislation called the [[Civil Rights Act]].
6: *[[American Civil Rights Movement]]
8: [[Category:U.S. civil rights history]]

American Civil Rights Movement (31767 bytes)
1: ...in increased social and legal acceptance of civil rights.
5: ...the pro-slavery [[Confederacy]] in the [[American Civil War]].
7: Following the Civil War, the [[Federal Government of the United State...
11: ...3 US 537 1896 further eroded black people's civil rights. Collectively, the laws built to dominate Souther...
19: ===Voting rights===

Civil Rights Act of 1875 (725 bytes)
1: The '''Civil Rights Act of 1875''', proposed by [[Charles Sumner]] an...
5: [[Category:U.S. civil rights history]]
9: [[fr:Civil Rights Act de 1875]]

Oliver Brown (civil rights) (588 bytes)

Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders (1553 bytes)
1: ...s of three political activists during the [[Civil Rights Movement]]. [[James Chaney]], a 21 year old blac...

International Covenant on Civil and Cultural Rights (43563 bytes)
9: ...inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundat...
11: Recognizing that these rights derive from the inherent dignity of the human per...
13: ...hts, as well as his economic, social and cultural rights,
15: ...e universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and freedoms,
17: ...to strive for the promotion and observance of the rights recognized in the present Covenant,

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (3123 bytes)
1: ...y]] based on the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]].
2: ...econd-generation]] economic, social, and cultural rights, it could not garner the international consensus ...
3: ...tions which favored economic, social and cultural rights.
5: ...tional Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights]].
6: ...The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights contains two [[Optional Protocols]].

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