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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Convenes National Conference on a New Era in Civil Rights
September 9, 2010On Tuesday, September 14, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will host a diverse group of scholars, policy makers, public intellectuals, civil rights practitioners and members of the general public to begin a national conversation on defining a new civil rights agenda for the 21st century. The Commission's goal is to spur a fresh dialogue that will lead to a refashioning of the means, goals and methods of civil rights so that they more effectively address the needs of disadvantaged Americans, a disproportionate number of whom are people of color. "Despite the establishment and enforcement of anti-discrimination laws and discrimination's decline, substantial racial and ethnic disparities persist in areas such as socioeconomic status, education, employment and incarceration rates. Aggressive enforcement of civil rights laws hasn't been effective at lessening these disparities," says Gerald A. Reynolds, Chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Full release.
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