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Links: Project Race Project RACE advocates for multiracial children and adults through education, community awareness and legislation. Our main goal is for a multiracial classification on all school, employment, state, federal, local, census and medical forms requiring racial data. U.S. Dept. of State -- Perspectives on Race Relations in the U.S. Perspectives and information from the national dialogue on race in the United States, from the State Department and the United States Information Agency.Race has played a pivotal role in the history of the United States, and in our nation's struggle to realize the full promise of our society. While not covering the entire story, this site provides a place to begin a meaningful exploration. Civil War Trust The Civil War Preservation Trust was founded to honor the sacrifice of those who participated in the American Civil War, and to educate current and future generations about that sacrifice and the significance of that period of our history. National Civil Rights Museum The National Civil Rights Museum (NCRM) was opened in 1991 at the site of the Lorraine Motel in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. The Museum exists to assist the public in understanding the lessons of the Civil Rights Movement and its impact and influence on the human rights movement worldwide, through its collections, exhibitions, research and educational programs. United States Commission on Civil Rights Bipartisan fact-finding agency of the executive branch offers publications, a meeting calendar, news and information about filing a complaint. Consumer Information Center: American Flag Table of Contents, Introduction, History of the Stars and Stripes, An Early Stars and Stripes, The Grand Union Flag, Fifteen Stars and Stripes, Early American Flags, Historical Flags, The Flag Today, Flag Laws and Regulations, Flag Presentation, Folding the Flag, etc. National Coalition Against Censorship The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), founded in 1974, is an alliance of 50 national non-profit organizations, including literary, artistic, religious, educational, professional, labor, and civil liberties groups. United by a conviction that freedom of thought, inquiry, and expression must be defended, we work to educate our own members and the public at large about the dangers of censorship and how to oppose them. Freedmens Bureau Online The Freedmen's Bureau, was established in the War Department by an act of March 3, 1865. The Bureau supervised all relief and educational activities relating to refugees and freedmen, including issuing rations, clothing and medicine. The Bureau also assumed custody of confiscated lands or property in the former Confederate States, border states, District of Columbia, and Indian Territory. National Constitution Center The National Constitution Center was established to increase awareness and understanding of the US Constitution, the Constitution's history, and the Constitution's relevance to our daily lives so that all of us -- "We the People" -- will better understand and exercise our rights and our responsibilities. Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund In the absence of a national effort to support exceptional merit scholars attending America's Historically Black Public Colleges and Universities, the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund was established. The Fund is a merit-based scholarship program to assist students who have demonstrated a commitment to education in spite of their own challenges. CHARLES H HOUSTON CENTER The purpose of the Charles Hamilton Houston Center is to study the participation of African -Americans in higher education with a primary focus on South Carolina. The Center seeks to achieve its objectives through research, program development, program evaluation, and the dissemination of information. NAACP Online For more than ninety one years, the NAACP has been built on the individual and collective courage of thousands of people. People of all races, nationalities and religious denominations, who were united on one premise --that all men and women are created equal. The King Center Established in 1968 by Coretta Scott King, The King Center is the official, living memorial dedicated to the advancement of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., leader of America’s greatest nonviolent movement for justice, equality and peace. Abraham Lincoln Memorial This site contains interesting information about the creation and structure of the Lincoln Memorial which is located in Washington, D.C. Congress of Racial Equality Founded in 1942, CORE is the third oldest and one of the "Big Four" civil rights groups in the United States. From the protests against "Jim Crow" laws of the 40's to the "Sit-ins" of the 50's and the "Freedom Rides" of the 60's; through the cries for "Self-Determination" in the 70's and "Equal Opportunity" in the 80's to the struggle for community development in the 90's, CORE has championed true equality for all people. National Urban League The Urban League is the nation's oldest and largest community-based movement devoted to empowering African Americans to enter the economic and social mainstream. The mission of the Urban League movement is to enable African Americans to secure economic self-reliance, parity and power and civil rights. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is a national research library devoted to collecting, preserving and providing access to resources documenting the experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world.