THE CONTINUING STRUGGLE: CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION (1997)

In this study, the fifth biennial report issued by the Commission on the incumbent administration's civil rights record, the Commission assesses the efforts of the Clinton Administration in meeting the new and often formidable civil rights challenges of the 90s and reviews the Administration's record in light of the many promising actions undertaken during the first half of the term.

The report chronicles discrimination directed at racial minorities as well as against women, legal immigrants, language minorities and disabled people. It highlights the need for increased leadership at the federal level, pointing to numerous illustrations of discrimination's prevalence.The report addresses 19 new recommendations to the Administration and Congress, grouped under three headings: Presidential Leadership and Appointments, Federal Civil Rights Policies and Remedies, and New Legislative Remedies.

In addition, the report addresses 13 different civil rights topics, including welfare reform, immigration, English-only requirements, affirmative action, judicial nominations, education, employment, voting, housing and hate crimes.

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