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Civil Rights
The American system of government is founded on two counterbalancing principles: first, that the majority of the people governs, through democratically elected representatives; and second, that the power even of a democratic majority must be limited, to ensure individual rights.

• Know Your Rights! Brochure
• Getting Uncle Sam to Enforce Your Civil Rights
• U.S.A. Civil Rights Code

Civil Rights Reports
• The Status of Muslim Civil Rights in the United States 2002
• Civil Rights: A Status Report

Civil Rights Organizations
• ACLU - American Civil Liberties Union
• National Lawyers Guild
• CAIR - Council of American-Islamic Relations
• American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

History of Civil Rights
• We Shall Overcome : Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
• Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
• Powerful Days: The Civil Rights Photography of Charles Moore
• Voices of the Civil Rights Era
• Civil Rights Museum

Civil Rights Pioneers

Malcolm X
• Malcolm X - A Research Site
• The Smoking Gun - Malcolm X Files
• FBI Files on Malcolm X
• Quotes of Malcolm X
• Malcolm X Products

Martin Luther King
• The King Center
• King Report
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University
• Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute
• MLK Online
• Seattle Times: Martin Luther King Jr.