Top 10 Links For Discrimination And Civil Rights Information

Resources are available on the internet for researching general information about employment discrimination and civil rights.  In this regard, the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a federal agency which enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination, and the EEOC provides information about it at http://www.eeoc.gov , as well as yearly statistical analysis concerning discrimination charge filings at http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistical/enforcement/index.cfm .  In addition, the EEOC provides the general public with News Releases concerning employment discrimination lawsuits and settlements at http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/index.cfm .  The United States government also makes available to the general public information about housing discrimination through the http://www.hud.gov link for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Department of Labor (DOL) makes information available at http://www.dol.gov .  For its own part, the U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) maintains a website at http://www.justice.gov in which information is available concerning certain forms of discrimination and civil rights cases.  Like the EEOC, the DOJ issues News Releases as well.  See, http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/Month/index.jsp .  DOJ News Releases pertain, for example, to information about civil rights violation cases and certain forms of discrimination.  In Texas, the Texas Workforce Commission provides information to Texans regarding employment discrimination at http://www.twc.state.tx.us/crd/facts.html and the Texas Civil Rights Project provides information about racial, social and economic justice at http://www.texascivilrightsproject.org .  Further information about social justice issues, as well as hate crimes and hate groups, may be found in the website of the Southern Poverty Law Center at http://www.splcenter.org .

Whether employment discrimination or civil rights violations occur in Texas or elsewhere in the United States, good resources for victims are made available on the internet by such agencies or organizations as the EEOC, DOL, HUD, DOJ, Texas Workforce Commission, Texas Civil Rights Project and the Southern Poverty Law Center.  There are, of course, other resources victims of employment discrimination and civil rights abuses may access.  Moreover, discrimination and civil rights violation victims may contact an attorney to determine whether a civil lawsuit for damages may ultimately be appropriate under the particular facts and circumstances of the potential discrimination or civil rights violation claim.