American Anthropological
Association
This
organization is the main professional society of physical and cultural
anthropologists. The site has documents related to the scientific
exploration of "race," including some of the official statements and
resolutions of the Association indicating their position as anthropologists
on the historic and contemporary scientific "findings" of race studies.
Center for the Study of
White American Culture
This
is a multiracial organization that critically examines whiteness and white
American culture. It promotes cultural exploration and self-discovery among
white Americans, and encourages dialogue among all racial/cultural groups.
The site also has papers presented at the annual National Conference on
Whiteness, from 1996-1998, and links to related sites.
Challenging White
Supremacy Workshop
CWS workshops
help train anti-racist organizers and activists. Believing that racism and
white supremacy are barriers to the formation of multi-racial grassroots
movements, the leaders of the workshops seek to promote advocacy for social
justice by assisting community leaders to organize anti-racism activity more
effectively. Their website has many resources and links.
Human Genome Project
The Human Genome Project has been controversial, but it
deserves to be examined in relation to the issues of racism. There are links
on this page that will take the reader to articles and discussions of the
ethical, legal and social implications, as well as other issues related to
the project.
Japanese
American Citizens League
The purpose of this
organization is to promote and preserve the civil rights of Japanese
Americans. There are pages with news and issues related to the Japanese
American community, and links to other Japanese American sites. Most of this
site is organizational information of the League.
Leadership
Conference on Civil Rights
The
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights is the largest coalition of
organizations dedicated to the protection of civil rights in the U.S. This
site has an extensive collection of news items and documents on a broad
range of civil rights matters, including information on education and hate
crimes.
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
The
NAACP is the oldest civil rights organization in the United States. This
site contains news and program information. There is are several pages on
the site with extensive links to the sites of other civil rights
organizations.
National Association for
Multicultural Education and Social Justice
NAME is an umbrella organization made up of educators at all
levels who work toward the development and implementation of models of
multicultural education. This site has limited links and resources, but for
persons interested in what's going on in multicultural education, this
organization would be a good place to start.
National
Congress of American Indians
The congress is the largest tribal
government organization in the U.S., consisting of over two hundred and
fifty tribal governments. The purpose of the congress is to advocate
and interpret American Indian affairs before the federal government and the
public. This site has an extensive collection of policy and issue documents.
National
Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Organizations
This site is part of the White House Initiative on Asian
Americans and Pacific Islanders. It consists of many links to the web sites
of a variety of Asian American and Pacific Islander Organizations that promote civil rights and
the full
participation for Asian-Pacific-Americans..
National Council of La Raza
NCLR
is the largest national Hispanic organization dedicated to the eradication
of poverty and discrimination for Hispanic Americans. Their web site
contains many resources including papers on policy issues and community
programs.
National Urban League
The
National Urban League was founded in 1910, and is considered one of the most
significant organizations dedicated to the achievement of social justice,
equality and civil rights. The League is active across the country in
activities of advocacy, program service and support and education. There is
considerable material available from their web site, including the annual
publication of their State of Black America Report.
Organization of Chinese Americans
This organization
began in 1973 as a non-partisan group advocating for the rights of Chinese
American and Asian American citizens and permanent residents. The group
promotes the participation of Chinese Americans in all areas of public life.
The site contains information on media, resources and programs beneficial to
cross-cultural activities.
Race Traitor - New
Abolitionist Society
The New Abolitionist Society
is a loose organization of persons who are committed to engaging in a critique of whiteness,
and the journal Race Traitor is their principle publication. This site contains
electronic issues of the journal and other media (including
some .pdf documents).
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
Founded by the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., this organization is a merger
of Operation PUSH (1971) and the National Rainbow Coalition (1985). The
coalition is involved in many areas of advocacy for social change and
includes persons and community groups engaged in strategic initiatives for
social, racial and economic justice across various ethnic, religious and
political backgrounds. The site includes electronic documents, audio clips
of speeches, live radio broadcasts, and links to many other sites.
UNESCO (UN Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Organization)
The UNESCO site contains information about the history and
activities of this UN organization. Anyone interested in education, culture,
the natural and social sciences should browse this site for its full-text
documents. The site has a full range of resources for use in a variety of
settings.
U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights
The commissions was
first established by the Civil Rights Act of 1957, and in 1983, a revised
commission was established by the Civil Rights Act of 1983. This is the
principle governmental agency charged with overseeing compliance with civil
rights law and investigating discrimination complaints, so its site is full
of information regarding the law, its implementation and enforcement.
Workplace
Diversity Network
Though more limited, this site does have information about
conferences, interactive communications and a newsletter. The network and
its site is a joint project of Cornell University and The National
Conference for Community and Justice.
