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The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (CCR) is a bipartisan, independent commission of the United States federal government, created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957 during the Eisenhower administration, that is charged with the responsibility for investigating, reporting on, and making recommendations concerning civil rights issues in the United States.
Founded in 1987, ARS is a member of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers and as such represents in the United States the intellectual property rights interests of over 122,000 visual artists and estates of visual artists from around the world (painters, sculptors, photographers, architects and others). [1]
Gerald A. Reynolds (born 1964) is an American politician and lawyer who served as chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights from 2004 to 2011. [1] A member of the Republican Party, [2] he was appointed by President George W. Bush on December 6, 2004. He succeeded Mary Frances Berry and served a six-year term as chairman.
A federal jury on Wednesday returned a guilty verdict on six of seven charges against a suspended Georgia sheriff accused of violating the constitutional rights of people in his custody by ...
On a national level, members of the Commission on Civil Rights said they hope the report will inform lawmakers about the use of the rapidly evolving technology. The agency is pushing for a testing ...
the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964, and 1968; the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended through 2006; the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the National Voter Registration Act of 1993; the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal jury on Wednesday returned a guilty verdict on six of seven charges against a suspended The post Suspended Georgia sheriff convicted of civil rights abuses appeared ...
The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board is an independent agency tasked with reviewing and authorizing for public release investigative records concerning unsolved and unresolved civil rights violations that occurred between 1940 and 1979. Established in 2019, the board is authorized for up to 7 years, and authorization may be extended ...