http://www.library.vcu.edu/about/special-collections/exhibits/freedom-now/
Introduces a series of photos from 1963 civil rights protests in Farmville, Virginia on behalf of desegregating restaurants and movie theaters. Contains link to photo display on Flickr. From Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries
Press release on outcome of first collection of data from all public schools and school districts since 2000. Reveals racial disparities in access to pre-school and to advanced courses, and in school disciplinary actions. From the U.S. Department of Education
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/crdc-discipline-snapshot.pdf
Reports on disparities in school suspensions by race/ethnicity and gender for students as young as preschool age. Black students are suspended at a rate three times greater than white students and black students in preschool programs, though representing only 18% of enrollment, received 48% of multiple out-of-school suspensions. From the Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education
http://www.census.gov/did/www/sahie/data/2012/2012highlights.pdf
Provides estimates of the population without health insurance coverage by demographic and income-to-poverty characteristics. From the Census Bureau
Describes presidential initiative to improve opportunities for youth of color by tracking indicators of life outcomes on a website, developing federal proposals that will enhance positive outcomes, and creating a public portal to disseminate successful programs and practices. From the White House
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/rsnotes/rsn2014-01.html
Documents the demographic and economic characteristics of African American OASDI and SSI beneficiaries. Compares African American participants with overall participants in three age distributions. From the Social Security Administration
http://www.dol.gov/wb/media/reports/WB_WomenColorFactSheet.pdf
Provides information on Black, Hispanic, and Asian working women especially with regard to income, employment, educational attainment, poverty, and the gender wage gap. From the Women’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/2013/pdf/nsf13304_full.pdf
Provides statistical information about the participation of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and engineering education and employment. Covers 6 topical areas: enrollment, field of degree, employment status, occupation, academic employment, and disability. From the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics of the National Science Foundation