----Links : other useful Web sites

This list is not intended to be an exhaustive compilation of reference material but to provide a beginning in any research on affirmative action.

Equal Justice Society
http://www.equaljusticesociety.org
The Equal Justice Society -- creator and sponsor of this Web site -- is a national organization of legal academics, practicing attorneys, policy experts, civil rights advocates and students dedicated to implementing a positive vision of equal justice through the development of progressive legal theory and practice.

Americans for a Fair Chance
http://www.fairchance.org
Americans for a Fair Chance is a project of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund, in partnership with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc., National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium, National Women's Law Center, and the National Partnership for
Women and Families, created to educate the public and the media on the ways that affirmative action benefits the nation.

The American Association for Affirmative Action
http://www.affirmativeaction.org/
AAAA is an association of affirmative action, equal opportunity, diversity and other human resource managers. AAAA is "dedicated to the advancement of affirmative action, equal opportunity and the elimination of discrimination on the basis of race, gender, ethnic background or any other criterion that deprives people of opportunities to live and work." AAAA also has a links page for more information on Affirmative Action.
http://www.affirmativeaction.org/links/

Civil Rights Project at Harvard University
http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu
"Our mission is to help renew the civil rights movement by bridging the worlds of ideas and action, and by becoming a preeminent source of intellectual capital and a forum for building consensus within that movement."

Diversityweb
http://www.diversityweb.org
Diversityweb provides a wealth of information regarding diversity and Affirmative Action issues in higher education. The Association of American Colleges and Universities and the University of Maryland, in collaboration with Diversity Connections and Diverse CD, developed the site.

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights/Leadership Conference Education Fund
http://www.civilrights.org/issues/affirmative/
This is a social justice website that maintains updated stories on Affirmative Action. In addition, it provides historical information on the subject and other useful links.

National Organization for Women - Website on Affirmative Action
http://www.now.org/issues/affirm/
This is the link to NOW's website on affirmative action. The site includes speeches, legislative updates, and NOW's report on Affirmative Action. See also the NOW Foundation website on Affirmative Action in the Broadcasting Industry:
http://www.nowfoundation.org/communications/tv/affirmative.html

The Society of American Law Teachers
http://www.saltlaw.org/affaction.htm

The University of Michigan
http://www.umich.edu/~urel/admissions/
The University of Michigan has an extensive and comprehensive website on the pending lawsuits challenging its affirmative action programs in admissions.

[These links are to external sites, so please let us know if any of the links are broken. Thanks!]