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Resource Library
As we work to bring you feminist news and information, we access many sites to corroborate our information; to get different perspectives on the issues; and to broaden our knowledge and approach. If you have not fully explored our site, you may not be aware of our Resource Library, the vehicle for sharing the sources of our information with you.
New sites will be added as we find and vet them. New categories will be added as the need presents itself. Please use it freely and share it, whenever and wherever you wish. The more we educate ourselves, the more powerful we become as activists and voters, while expanding the size, the scope , and the power of our organizations.
Additionally, many of these sites offer additional services such as: (1) Help with problems you may be experiencing and (2) Opportunities to get involved in the causes you care about so you can become a part of the “solution”. We hope you will be so inspired
Here is a look at two of our library posts. The wide difference in the work they do gives you an idea of the variety of subjects we cover with our entries.
ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION https://arborday.org
The Arbor Day Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to planting trees and promoting the importance of trees in our environment. The foundation has been working since 1972 to plant and protect trees around the world, and their efforts have had a tremendous impact on reforestation efforts. Here’s how the Arbor Day Foundation is helping to reforest the world. READ MORE https://womensvoicesmedia.org/index.php?blog=12&p=1106&more=1
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER (SPLC) www.splcenter.org
The SPLC is a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements, and advance the human rights of all people.
Civil rights lawyers Morris Dees and Joseph Levin Jr. founded the SPLC in 1971 to ensure that the promise of the civil rights movement became a reality for all. Since then, we’ve won numerous landmark legal victories on behalf of the exploited, the powerless and the forgotten.
REMEMBER: these are only two of many. Explore!
EDITOR'S COMMENTARY: Rabid white supremacist are hell bent on banning books and manipulating school curriculums so that their version of history and what they believe is good or bad, right or wrong is all our young people will be allowed to learn. "Woke" has become a dirty word to them because it denotes those who are educated & informed.
For all the above reasons and more, we decided to post to social media this listing from the Resource Library on www.womensvoicesmedia.org to provide you with an excellent resource for all aspects of the history of civil rights in America. Please, set aside some time to educate yourself and/or to refresh your memory. Don't allow the fascists to deprive you from other rights: the right to read what you want and the right to be informed.
https://library.law.howard.edu/civilrightshistory/intro
A Brief History of Civil Rights in the United States
This guide offers a history of various movements by citizens in the United States to gain political and social freedom and equality. It highlights resources available through HUSL Library and HU Libraries, as well as a selection freely accessible Internet resources with a focus on authoritative content from civil rights organizations and government entities.
Civil Rights versus Human Rights
What is the difference between a civil right and a human right? Simply put, human rights are rights one acquires by being alive. Civil rights are rights that one obtains by being a legal member of a certain political state. There are obviously several liberties that overlap between these two categories, but the breakdown of rights between human and civil is roughly as follows:
Human rights include:
- the right to life
- the right to education
- protection from torture
- freedom of expression
- the right to a free trial
Civil rights within the United States include:
- protection from discrimination
- the right to free speech
- the right to due process
- the right to equal protection
- the right against self-incrimination
It is important to note that civil rights will change based on where a person claims citizenship because civil rights are, in essence, an agreement between the citizen and the nation or state that the citizen lives within. From an international perspective, international organizations and courts are not as likely to intervene and take action to enforce a nation's violation of its own civil rights, but are more likely to respond to human rights violations. While human rights should be universal in all countries, civil rights will vary greatly from one nation to the next. No nation may rightfully deprive a person of a human right, but different nations can grant or deny different civil rights. Thus, civil rights struggles tend to occur at local or national levels and not at the international level. At the international stage, we focus on the violation of human rights.
This guide will focus on the civil rights that various groups have fought for within the United States. While some of these rights, like the right to education, certainly overlap with human rights, we treat them as civil rights in most academic conversations. Typically, the reason used to justify a right to equal education or another human right is grounded in a civil right of due process or equal protection.
Social Justice
As Charles Hamilton Houston stated:
A lawyer’s either a social engineer or … a parasite on society … A social engineer [is] a highly skilled, perceptive, sensitive lawyer who [understands] the Constitution of the United States and [knows] how to explore its uses in the solving of problems of local communities and in bettering conditions of the underprivileged citizens.
Howard University School of Law is dedicated to producing “social engineers” and has proven track record of success. The words of Charles Hamilton Houston are alive everyday in the work taking place at The Mecca's law school. Learn more about Social Justice issues here.
Author Credits
Over the summer of 2019, Kristina Alayan in her capacity as HUSL Library Director communicated with her former Georgetown Law Library guide collaborators and with the assistance of Victoria Capatosto, Research and Instruction Librarian at HUSL Library, transferred a copy of their original guide to HUSL Library for independent development. HUSL Library's edition of the guide is accessible through our website, where you’re currently viewing it.
The following law librarians at Georgetown Law Library created the original guide that was the basis for HUSL Library’s version:
- Kristina Alayan - Head of Reference
- Heather Casey - International & Foreign Law Reference Librarian
- Rachel Jorgensen - Reference Librarian
- Barbara Monroe - Reference Librarian
The Georgetown Law Library's original guide is available here:https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/civilrights.
Victoria Capatosto oversees the development of HUSL Library's edition of the guide with assistance from LIS graduate student interns and law students working at HUSL Library.
- During the Fall 2019 semester Claire Eldredge-Burns, HUSL Library’s remote public services LIS graduate student intern, completed extensive work to incorporate this guide into HUSL Library’s collection. Claire transformed the look and feel of this guide, implemented a protocol for image incorporation, and conducted a massive resource evaluation, successfully replacing Georgetown Law Library resources with HUSL Library resources.
- During the Spring 2020 semester Tori Stanek, HUSL Library's remote public services LIS graduate student intern, updated existing research, added in more HUSL resources, and edited the prose to fit the tone of Howard University. She also created new tabs on the Black Panther Party and the Womanist Movement.
- During the Summer 2020 semester Mike Poveromo, HUSL Library's remote public services LIS graduate student intern, created a new tab on the Black Lives Matter Movement and the created the Get Involved page.
- During the Summer 2020 semester John Miller, HUSL Library's remote public services LIS graduate student intern, created an extensive new section on Indigenous Peoples' Civil Rights, covering (1) Prior to 1492, (2) the Treaty Era, (3) the Removal Era, (4) Reservation Era, (5) the Allotment and Assimilation Era, (6) the Self-Government Era, (7) the Termination Era, and (8) the Self-Determination Era.
- During the Fall 2020 semester Yaa McNeil, HUSL Library's Research Fellow, created a new section on Transgender Rights in the United States.
EDITOR'S COMMENTARY: Rabid white supremacist are hell bent on banning books and manipulating school curriculums so that their version of history and what they believe is good or bad, right or wrong is all our young people will be allowed to learn. "Woke" has become a dirty word to them because it denotes those who are educated & informed.
For all the above reasons and more, we decided to post to social media this listing from the Resource Library on www.womensvoicesmedia.org to provide you with an excellent resource for all aspects of the history of civil rights in America. Please, set aside some time to educate yourself and/or to refresh your memory. Don't allow the fascists to deprive you from other rights: the right to read what you want and the right to be informed.
https://library.law.howard.edu/civilrightshistory/intro
A Brief History of Civil Rights in the United States
This guide offers a history of various movements by citizens in the United States to gain political and social freedom and equality. It highlights resources available through HUSL Library and HU Libraries, as well as a selection freely accessible Internet resources with a focus on authoritative content from civil rights organizations and government entities.
Civil Rights versus Human Rights
What is the difference between a civil right and a human right? Simply put, human rights are rights one acquires by being alive. Civil rights are rights that one obtains by being a legal member of a certain political state. There are obviously several liberties that overlap between these two categories, but the breakdown of rights between human and civil is roughly as follows:
Human rights include:
- the right to life
- the right to education
- protection from torture
- freedom of expression
- the right to a free trial
Civil rights within the United States include:
- protection from discrimination
- the right to free speech
- the right to due process
- the right to equal protection
- the right against self-incrimination
It is important to note that civil rights will change based on where a person claims citizenship because civil rights are, in essence, an agreement between the citizen and the nation or state that the citizen lives within. From an international perspective, international organizations and courts are not as likely to intervene and take action to enforce a nation's violation of its own civil rights, but are more likely to respond to human rights violations. While human rights should be universal in all countries, civil rights will vary greatly from one nation to the next. No nation may rightfully deprive a person of a human right, but different nations can grant or deny different civil rights. Thus, civil rights struggles tend to occur at local or national levels and not at the international level. At the international stage, we focus on the violation of human rights.
This guide will focus on the civil rights that various groups have fought for within the United States. While some of these rights, like the right to education, certainly overlap with human rights, we treat them as civil rights in most academic conversations. Typically, the reason used to justify a right to equal education or another human right is grounded in a civil right of due process or equal protection.
Social Justice
As Charles Hamilton Houston stated:
A lawyer’s either a social engineer or … a parasite on society … A social engineer [is] a highly skilled, perceptive, sensitive lawyer who [understands] the Constitution of the United States and [knows] how to explore its uses in the solving of problems of local communities and in bettering conditions of the underprivileged citizens.
Howard University School of Law is dedicated to producing “social engineers” and has proven track record of success. The words of Charles Hamilton Houston are alive everyday in the work taking place at The Mecca's law school. Learn more about Social Justice issues here.
Author Credits
Over the summer of 2019, Kristina Alayan in her capacity as HUSL Library Director communicated with her former Georgetown Law Library guide collaborators and with the assistance of Victoria Capatosto, Research and Instruction Librarian at HUSL Library, transferred a copy of their original guide to HUSL Library for independent development. HUSL Library's edition of the guide is accessible through our website, where you’re currently viewing it.
The following law librarians at Georgetown Law Library created the original guide that was the basis for HUSL Library’s version:
- Kristina Alayan - Head of Reference
- Heather Casey - International & Foreign Law Reference Librarian
- Rachel Jorgensen - Reference Librarian
- Barbara Monroe - Reference Librarian
The Georgetown Law Library's original guide is available here: https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/civilrights.
Victoria Capatosto oversees the development of HUSL Library's edition of the guide with assistance from LIS graduate student interns and law students working at HUSL Library.
- During the Fall 2019 semester Claire Eldredge-Burns, HUSL Library’s remote public services LIS graduate student intern, completed extensive work to incorporate this guide into HUSL Library’s collection. Claire transformed the look and feel of this guide, implemented a protocol for image incorporation, and conducted a massive resource evaluation, successfully replacing Georgetown Law Library resources with HUSL Library resources.
- During the Spring 2020 semester Tori Stanek, HUSL Library's remote public services LIS graduate student intern, updated existing research, added in more HUSL resources, and edited the prose to fit the tone of Howard University. She also created new tabs on the Black Panther Party and the Womanist Movement.
- During the Summer 2020 semester Mike Poveromo, HUSL Library's remote public services LIS graduate student intern, created a new tab on the Black Lives Matter Movement and the created the Get Involved page.
- During the Summer 2020 semester John Miller, HUSL Library's remote public services LIS graduate student intern, created an extensive new section on Indigenous Peoples' Civil Rights, covering (1) Prior to 1492, (2) the Treaty Era, (3) the Removal Era, (4) Reservation Era, (5) the Allotment and Assimilation Era, (6) the Self-Government Era, (7) the Termination Era, and (8) the Self-Determination Era.
- During the Fall 2020 semester Yaa McNeil, HUSL Library's Research Fellow, created a new section on Transgender Rights in the United States.
Part of the failures of the Civil Rights Movement and the Women’s Rights Movement is our failure to recognize the “intersectionality” of our various oppression, marginalization, and issues.
Early last year womensvoicesmedia.org posted a video explaining in detail the importance of understanding “intersectionality” and using it as a framework for our collective efforts.
Quoting from that previous post: “Intersectionality helps us to understand that while all women are subject to the wage gap, some women are affected even more harshly due to their race. Another instance where intersectionality applies is cases of LGBTQ murders - people of color and transgender people are more likely to be victims than cisgender people. These are just two examples of why intersectionality matters. To truly bring about change that is meaningful for all, everyone's voice needs to be at the table.”
Occasionally, we are questioned as to why the subject of a particular post would be considered a “feminist” issue. My answer to this is twofold.
- The framework of intersectionality has been applied.
- In the words of Former Attorney General Janet Reno, “Every issue is a woman’s issue”.
Please, avail yourself of the opportunity to look at the aforementioned video at https://womensvoicesmedia.org/index.php/intersectionality?blog=11
I believe it will open your eyes to understanding the importance of “intersectionality”. It most certainly opened my eyes.
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