University of Maryland
U.s.equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Pregnancy Discrimination
This page prepared by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission presents facts about pregnancy discrimination. Includes link to an updated condensed version.
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Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Equal Opportunity, and Discrimination Laws
A list of Federal Employment Laws with links taking you to each Act or Law for Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Equal Opportunity or Discrimination. For every link, the actual federal law is given.
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Eeoc: Facts About Pregnancy Discrimination
This site contains general information from the EEOC (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) about pregnancy discrimination.
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Eeoc: Facts About National Origin Discrimination
This U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission site contains information about national origin discrimination.
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Eeoc: Federal Laws Prohibiting Job Discrimination
This site contains information about job discrimination. There is a lot of useful information at this site including information about religious accommodation, sex discrimination, and more.
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Encyclopedia Virginia: Civil Rights Act of 1964
A detailed look at the Civil Rights Act of 1964, paying particular attention to how Virginia Representative Howard W. Smith added an amendment intended to kill the act by making it cover gender discrimination as well as racial. Read...
US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Eeoc
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited not only discrimination based on race, but also gender. Use this lesson plan to explore the document, particularly Title VII in examining the law.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Eeoc)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was established in 1964 to eliminate discrimination in employment, based on race, color, sex, religion and national origin and now also age or disability.
US National Archives
National Archives: Confronting Work Place Discrimination on the Wwii Homefront
African Americans were not able to take advantage of the booming industries as Americans were mobilizing for WWII. The FEPC was established to make sure Roosevelt's executive order providing for equal opportunities in defense industries...
Cornell University
Cornell University: Law School: Civil Rights and Discrimination
This site from the Cornell University School of Law provides an overview of civil rights legislation, including an explanation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. There are links to other sites on the subject of civil rights in general.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Women and the Great Depression
[Free Registration/Login Required] A very interesting essay showing how the Great Depression affected women as housewives and as employees. See how many New Deal programs discriminated against women, and find out who supported women's...
Library of Congress
Loc: congress.gov: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, 2009 amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It redefines the circumstances under which unlawful employment practice occurs. A summary of the Bill and its status is included.
College Grad
College Grad: Interview: Illegal Questions
After explaining the rights of the applicant, sample questions are given that are considered illegal in a job interview. This samples are nicely presented in a chart.
Digital History
Digital History: Feminism Reborn
This comprehensive survey of the women's movement during the 1960s and 1970s documents women and politics, women's wages, legal discrimination against women, stereotypes of women, women's rights legislation, and women's rights...
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Key People in Labor History: Asa Philip Randolph (1889 1979)
Biographical essay on A. Philip Randolph, one of the organizers of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. He was also very active in civil rights and the movement to end discrimination in the military and defense industries.
Digital History
Digital History: Civil Rights Act of 1964
A brief description of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the opposition against it, and how the law prohibited discrimination in voting, housing, public facilities, and employment.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Point of View: Who, Me? Biased?: Understanding Implicit Bias
In this interactive instructional activity, students explore the extent to which society (and they themselves) may discriminate based on factors they're not even aware of, implicit biases. Why haven't laws been enough to eliminate...
US Department of Labor
U.s. Department of Labor: Text of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
US Department of Labor provides this government copy of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Thorough and complete, all the necessary information is provided.
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Siteseen: American Historama: National Organization for Women (Now)
The National Organization for Women (NOW) was established in 1966 to promote equal rights, including equality of opportunity for women in employment.
University of Maryland
Mith: Women's Studies Database: How "Sex" Got Into Title Vii
Interesting perspective on the ground-breaking Title VII. It includes much of the behind the scenes information on the passing of the bill that had such an impact on women's rights. Comprehensive description of the ERA's history, dating...
Library of Congress
Loc: American Memory: African American Odyssey
This site explores Black America's quest for equality from the early national period through the twentieth century. Content includes the work of abolitionists in the first half of the nineteenth century, depictions of the long journey...
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New York Public Library: Africana Age: The Civil Rights Movement
This is an extensive review of the Civil Rights movement from the 1940s to the 1960s. Read about the ways African Americans protested discrimination in employment and education over several years. Be sure to click on the images to find...
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Race in the Usa: The Beginning and the End of Affirmative Action
A description of the reasoning behind affirmative action, the court cases that upheld it, and those that have dismantled it.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Civil Rights Era: A Civil Rights Act of 1964 Pamphlet
From the archives of the Library of Congress read the pamphlet that explained the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in plain language. Find out all the different issues the law addressed and what one could do if the law wasn't being followed. A...