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Secretary Richard Riley talked about the new voluntary testing initiative that is designed to gauge the reading skills of fourth graders and the mathematics skills of eighth graders. Officia…

Correspondents and civil rights activists discussed media coverage of current Hispanic civil rights issues during a panel discussion in the annual convention of Hispanic journalists. In thei…

The American Bar Association held a forum on civil rights. William Robinson, Dean of the District of Columbia School of Law, gave a brief history of the United States civil rights movement. …

Several social activists spoke during a meeting of law enforcement personnel on the issues of race relations in the discipline of law enforcement. Issues in the discussion included the relat…

The Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund, the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights group, sponsored a news conference in the National Press Club to announce the group’s opposition to the no…

The Senate Judiciary Committee examined a Government Accounting Office report that found that fines imposed on employers who knowingly hired illegal aliens actually resulted in discriminatio…

The roundtable discussed the effects of inaccurate counts of minorities and the homeless by the 1990 Census.

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Gene McNary to be INS Commissioner. Members questioned Mr. McNary about his administrative skills and his command of immig…

Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing of D. Gene McNary to be Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Testimony was heard from public witnesses concerning promotional practices of the Bureau toward minority employees. Employees had complained that the Bureau discriminated against minorities …

The subcommittee held a hearing on affirmative action and equal employment efforts and policies at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.