Civil Rights Digest, Volume 8U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1975 |
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Page 19 - You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, "you are free to compete with all the others," and still justly believe that you have been completely fair.
Page 11 - All couples and individuals have the basic right to decide freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children and to have the information, education and means to do so...
Page 10 - Employment Act of 1946". DECLARATION OF POLICY SEC. 2. The Congress hereby declares that it is the continuing policy and responsibility of the Federal Government to use all practicable means consistent with its needs and obligations and other essential considerations of national policy, with the assistance and cooperation of industry, agriculture, labor, and State and local governments, to coordinate and utilize all its plans, functions, and resources for the purpose of creating and maintaining,...
Page 7 - Amendment than some of the public men active in framing it intended, and disappointed many others. On the other hand, if the views of the minority had prevailed it is easy to see how far the authority and independence of the States would have been diminished, by subjecting all their legislative and judicial acts to correction by the legislative and review by the judicial branch of the National Government.
Page 4 - Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown; and that all political connections between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved...
Page 13 - Government be so exercised as to promote the "general welfare," and to create conditions which will afford "useful employment opportunities * * * for those able, willing and seeking to work" indicates the intention of Congress that the powers of Government with respect to creation of employment opportunities, including its contracting powers, be exercised in a manner which will promote employment opportunities for all who are able, willing and seeking to work.
Page 11 - A major obstacle in improving the status of women lies in public attitudes and values regarding women's roles in society. The mass communication media have great potential as a vehicle for social change and could exercise a significant influence in helping to remove prejudices and stereotypes, accelerating the acceptance of women's new and expanding roles in society, and promoting their integration into the development process as equal partners.