CCCR

Since its founding, the Commission has conducted a series of studies and issued a number of reports on a broad range of civil rights issues. Among these are reports concerning the strengthening of fair housing laws, continued barriers to voter registration, equal employment and affirmative action policies in the private sector, the jurisdiction of the federal courts in school desegregation cases, and comprehensive reviews of the civil rights policies of the Reagan, Bush and Clinton Administrations. In each instance, the Commission's work has been timed to coincide with ongoing public debate over the issues studied.

Our newest reports are now available online:

Title I in California: Will the State Pass the Test? (May 2002)

Rights at Risk: Equality in an Age of Terrorism (February 2002)

Our other recent reports include: Testimony of William Taylor, Esq., Acting Chair of the Citizens’ Commission on Civil Rights at the Hearing on the Nomination of John Ashcroft as Attorney General of the United States (2001), Analysis of President George W. Bush's Education Plan (2001), Closing the Deal: A Preliminary Report on State Compliance With Final Assessment & Accountability Requirements Under the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (2001), Title I In Midstream: The Fight to Improve Schools for Poor Kids (Full Report (1999)), Title I In Alabama: The Struggle to Meet Basic Needs (1999), The Test of Our Progress: The Clinton Record on Civil Rights (1999),and Title I In Midstream: The Fight to Improve Schools for Poor Kids (Executive Summary (1998).

*Selected reports are available for downloading from this site and/or ordering directly from CCCR. For more information, refer to the individual report descriptions or the order form.

Other reports include:

The Continuing Struggle:Civil Rights and the Clinton Administration (1997)

Difficult Choices:Do Magnet Schools Serve Children in Need?(1997)

Affirmative Action: Working and Learning Together (1996)

New Challenges: The Civil Rights Record of the Clinton Administration Mid-Term (1995)

New Opportunities: Civil Rights at a Crossroads (1993)

Lost Opportunities: The Civil Rights Record of the Bush Administration Mid-Term (1991)

One Nation Indivisible: The Civil Rights Challenge for the 1990s (1989)

Barriers to Registration and Voting: An Agenda for Reform (1988)

Affirmative Action to Open the Doors of Job Opportunity: A Policy of Fairness and Compassion that had Worked (1984)

A Decent Home: A Report on the Continuing Failure of the Federal Government to Provide Equal Housing Opportunity (1983)

There is No Liberty: A Report on Congressional Efforts to Curb the Federal Courts and to Undermine the Brown Decision (1982)

In addition to being used as source documents by journalists, scholars, civil rights groups, corporate and community leaders, and national policymakers, Commission reports continue to generate significant demand from the public. Moreover, because of the composition of the Commission and the quality of its work, the Commission has frequently been called on by Congress and by executive branch agencies to offer its views on key issues. Through these efforts, the Commission continues to maintain its role as an independent, credible source of information and monitor of federal policies and practices on important civil rights issues.