Legal databases are a useful place to conduct academic research. The databases listed below have devoted collections and resources for topics on race and the law including:
This collection contains resources centered on civil rights in the United States and the progress of those rights to cover more and more Americans. It includes publications from the Commission on Civil Rights, legislative histories on landmark legislation, briefs from U.S. Supreme Court cases, and more.
This collection contains legal materials on slavery in the United States and beyond. It includes every state/colonial statue, federal statute, and reported state and federal case regarding slavery.
Contains civil rights cases, secondary sources, and more.
Contains a collection of racial equity, police reform, and protesters' rights resources.
Contains a collection of police conduct, unwarranted criminal prosecution, rights to protect, and voting rights resources.
This collection contains congressional resources pertaining to the Civil Rights Act of 1965. It includes background reports, viewpoints, news articles, featured events, and other useful information.
This collection contains congressional resources pertaining to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It includes background reports, viewpoints, news articles, featured events, and other useful information.
Search archived materials through ProQuest History Vault. Its collections includes materials on Civil Rights and the Black Freedom Struggle and Southern Life, Slavery, and the Civil War.
Browse timeline and retrieve documents relating to civil rights beginning in the 1960s.
