Race and Civil Rights

January 17, 2011 -

January 17, 2011 -

January 13, 2011 - The constitutional amendment that guarantees citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born in the United States and under its jurisdiction: 14th

January 11, 2011 -

December 16, 2010 - Over the past five years, percent of the 100 largest U.S. metro areas where racial segregation increased: 25 Percent of those same metro areas where segregation increased for Hispanics: 50

December 16, 2010 -

December 14, 2010 - By A.C. Thompson, ProPublica One of the most striking moments in the federal civil rights prosecutions arising from the death of Henry Glover came when Lt. Dwayne Scheuermann, a police officer lauded in New Orleans for his heroic work after Hurricane Katrina, took the stand.