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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED183658 AUTHOR: Gleiter, Caroline Davis; And Others
TITLE: The State of Civil Rights: 1979.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1980
NOTE: 44 p.; Footnotes marginally legible.
ABSTRACT: The status of civil rights in housing, education,
and employment is reviewed in this report. Among the
conclusions are: (l) although 1979 court decisions helped
to remedy discriminatory housing policies and practices,
housing discrimination remains widespread throughout the
United States, and decent housing for older persons,
minorities, and female-headed households is still
undelivered, (2) despite court decisions and legislation,
equal educational opportunity is still an unrealized goal;
and (3) although affirmative action programs have been
increasingly used to improve employment opportunities for
minorities and women, and although various laws prohibit
discrimination in employment, unemployment levels for
minorities and women remain intolerably high. Additional
civil rights issues discussed include voting rights, police
practices, and immigration. (Author/RLV)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; Housing-Opportunities;
Immigrants-; Police-; Racial-Discrimination; School
Desegregation; Sex-Discrimination; Voting-Rights
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Civil-Rights; *Civil-Rights-Legislation;
*Educational-Discrimination; *Equal-Opportunities-Jobs;
*Housing-Discrimination
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