Fair Housing and Equal Credit Opportunity

Civil Rights Division – The Fair Housing Act provides freedom from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap and familial status in connection with the sale, rental, and financing of housing and other relat…

Desegregation of Public Education

Civil Rights Division – To secure equal educational opportunity for persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin….

Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons

Civil Rights Division – To initiate actions for redress in cases involving deprivations of rights of institutionalized persons secured and protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States. To prevent any government from imposing a substant…