Suggested Reading
Abraham, Henry J. Freedom and the Court. New York:
Oxford University Press, 2003.
Abraham analyzes the effects of the Supreme Court on civil rights and
civil liberties.
Anderson, Terry H. The Pursuit of Fairness: The History of
Affirmative Action. New York: Oxford University Press,
2004.
Anderson presents an objective study of a very controversial policy.
Heymann, Philip B., and Juliette N. Kayyem. Protecting
Liberty in an Age of Terror. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press,
2005.
Heymann and Kayyem offer specific recommendations about how to balance
national security and civil liberties.
Howard, John R. The Shifting Wind. Albany: State
University of New York Press, 1999.
Howard explores civil rights decisions by the Supreme Court from the Civil
War until the 1950s.
Hull, N. E. H., and Peter Charles Hoffer. Roe v. Wade: The
Abortion Rights Controversy in American History. Lawrence: University
of Kansas Press, 2001.
The authors present a comprehensive account of the battles over abortion
rights.
Leone, Richard C., and Anrig Greg, Jr., eds. The War on Our
Freedoms: Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism. New York: Public
Affairs, 2003.
This collection of essays by experts in a variety of fields discusses the
effects of the War on Terror on American civil liberties.
Useful Websites
www.aclu.org
The American Civil Liberties Union is the most prominent—and the most
controversial—civil liberties group in the United States.
www.cdt.org
The Center for Democracy and Technology provides information on how the
spread of technology affects privacy.
www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html
This site is an excellent source for information on Supreme Court
decisions, including ones concerning civil rights and civil liberties.
www.naacp.org
Homepage for the National Organization for the Advancement of Colored
People, a crucial organization in the end of segregation.
www.nclr.org
The National Council of La Raza is an organization that works to improve
the lives of Hispanics, including fighting for civil rights.
