ISSUE GUIDES: Race
SOURCES AND RESOURCES
SOURCES AND RESOURCES
Organizations
The description of an organization is based on its own characterization of its work.
The description of an organization is based on its own characterization of its work.
An organization that fights defamation of Jewish people. The ADL also has an Internet Monitoring Unit that scrutinizes the Web for hate group activity.
823 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
phone: (212) 885-7755
http://www.adl.org
Multiracial organization that advances the vision of a democratic, diverse and just society, free of racism and bigotry.
P.O. Box 50469
Atlanta, GA 30302
phone: (404) 221-0025
http://www.thecdr.org/
Conservative think tank devoted to issues of race and ethnicity. Supports and promotes colorblind policies in the areas of affirmative action, immigration and assimilation, and bilingual education.
815 15th St., NW, Suite 928
Washington, DC 20005
phone: (202) 639-0803
http://www.ceousa.org
Harvard Project on School Desegregation
Student-faculty research project that studies school desegregation. The project involves students from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard Law School and Harvard College.
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Cambridge, MA 02138
phone: (617) 496-4824
Civil rights organization that works to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of minority group citizens of the United States.
4805 Mt. Hope Drive
Baltimore, MD 21215
phone: (410) 358-8900
http://www.naacp.org
National umbrella organization working for civil rights and economic opportunities for Hispanics.
1111 19th St., NW, Suite 1000
Washington, D.C. 20036
phone: (202) 785-1670
http://www.nclr.org
Social service and civil rights organization that aims to assist African-Americans in the achievement of social and economic equality.
120 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
phone: (212) 558-5300
http://www.nul.org
Advocacy organization that focuses on the needs of multiracial children and adults through education, community awareness, and legislation. Its main goal is for a multiracial classification on all school, employment, state, federal, local, Census, and medical forms requiring racial data.
PMB 129
Tallahassee, FL 32308
http://www.projectrace.com/
A public-interest law center that monitors white supremacist and hate groups, teaches tolerance and erected the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama.
400 Washington Ave., Suite 548
Montgomery, AL 36104
phone: (334)264-0286
http://www.splcenter.org
A nonprofit organization that aims to improve sentencing practices by developing sentencing programs that promote alternatives to incarceration, particularly for indigent defendants.
514 - 10th Street, NW, Suite 1000
Washington, D.C. 20004
phone: (202) 628-0871
http://www.sentencingproject.org
