Congressional Hearing: Hearing before the Subcom on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights to examine civil rights and public safety implications of “stand your ground” (SYG) laws, which allow a person to legally use deadly force in response to a perceived threat, in light of concerns regarding Feb. 26, 2012, incident in Sanford, Fla. in which George Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon B. Martin, who was unarmed, during an altercation., 2013
Tag Archives: racial intimidation and violence
112 H. Res. 612 (Introduced in the House)
Bill text: Honoring the life of 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin, urging the State of Florida and others to repeal the Stand Your Ground law, and admonishing involved parties to pursue full investigations into all homicides, regardless of defenses asserted by the offender., 2012
113 H. Res. 55 (Introduced in the House)
Bill text: Honoring the life of Trayvon Martin, urging the repeal of Stand Your Ground laws, and calling on the United States Government to address the crisis of racial profiling., 2013
114 H. Res. 96 (Introduced in the House)
Bill text: Honoring the life of Trayvon Martin, urging the repeal of Stand Your Ground laws, and calling on the United States Government to address the crisis of racial profiling., 2015
115 H. Res. 978 (Introduced in the House)
Honoring the life of Trayvon Martin, urging the repeal of Stand Your Ground laws, and calling on the United States Government to address the crisis of racial profiling., 2018
Congressional Black Caucus: The Trayvon Martin Case and Justice and Mourning the Passing of John Payton
Congressional Record on the Trayvon Martin Case, 2012
Introduction of the End Racial Profiling Act of 2013
Congressional Record: Transcription of John Conyers speech on racial profiling after the killing of Trayvon Martin, 2013
Commission Statement–“Group Violence” (Vol. 1) [1969]. 198 pp.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Commission statement on group violence, including black militancy and white extremism, 1969
Detroit
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Detroit, Michigan, Kerner Commission files, September 1967, 1967-1968
John Lewis, Jan. 17, 1964-June 7, 1966 Freedom Day Action Project, Jan. 17, 1964 Fund Raising, Mar. 1964-Dec. 8, 1965 34. Johnson, Lyndon B., June 11, 1965 35. King, Mary, Jan. 10, 1965 Kenyatta, Jomo, n.d. Miscellaneous, Nov. 18, 1963-June 7, 1966, n.d.
Folder on John Lewis papers as chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1964-1966
62-101087 and 100-429326 December 1957-July 1967. 86pp.
FBI Files: Civil rights tension in Montgomery and elsewhere in Alabama, including sit-ins by black students, December 1957-July 1967, 1957-1967
157-6-61 -229-157-6-61 -346 July 1963-September 1963. 293pp.
FBI file on civil rights demonstrations, including sit-ins and voter registration activities, and efforts to organize a SNCC chapter in Selma, Alabama, July-September 1963, 1963
Demonstrations: Memoranda Based on FBI Reports. July 1963. 131pp.
List of civil rights protests throughout the United States, 1963
Demonstrations: Memoranda Based on FBI Reports. September 1963. 97pp.
Burke Marshall Papers: Civil rights protests and arrests throughout the United States, and memorial services and demonstrations following the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, September 15, 1963, in which four girls died., 1963
157-6-61-843-157-6-61-892 April 1965-May 1965. 149pp.
FBI folder on reaction to Bloody Sunday attack on civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Alabama, and SNCC-led demonstrations at Alabama State College in Montgomery, April-May 1965, 1965
157-6-61-1175-157-6-61-1260 December 1965-February 1966. 246pp.
FBI folder on civil rights demonstrations in Alabama, including demonstrations to protest the murder of Samuel Younge, December 1965-February 1966, 1965-1966
44-25760-45-44-25760-81 July 1964-May 1966. 189pp.
FBI folder: Selma , Alabama voter registration activities, election laws, intimidation of prospective voters, and compliance with Voting Rights Act of 1965, July 1964-May 1966, 1964-1966
44-12831-455-44-12831-510 February 1965-March 1965. 132pp.
FBI folder on memorial services for Jimmie Lee Jackson, plans for Selma to Montgomery March, Bloody Sunday attack by Alabama state troopers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s decision on March 9 to turn back to Selma, February 1965-March 1965, 1965
44-12831-571-44-12831-641 March 1965. 250pp.
FBI folder on March 9 decision of Martin Luther King Jr., to turn back to Selma, memorial services for the Reverend James Reeb, FBI investigation into Bloody Sunday, March 1965, 1965
157-6-63-844-157-6-63-1285 September 1963-April 1964. 229pp.
FBI folder on civil rights demonstrations in St. Augustine, Florida, including NAACP picketing of drugstore lunch counters and Ku Klux Klan violence, September 1963-April 1964, 1963-1964
157-6-63-1290-157-6-63-1586 April 1964-December 1964. 431pp.
FBI folder on Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) demonstrations in St. Augustine, Florida, attacks on demonstrators, and arrest of Martin Luther King Jr., April 1964-December 1964, 1964
Unserialized April 1964-July 1964. 101pp.
FBI folder on ass arrest of juveniles, and civil rights demonstrations in St. Augustine, Florida, April-July 1964, 1964
157-6-61-347-157-6-61-397 September 1963-October 1963. 136pp.
FBI folder on voter registration efforts and other civil rights demonstrations in Selma, Alabama, including mass arrests of demonstrators and police brutality, September- October 1963, 1963
157-6-61-398-157-6-61-430 October 1963. 144pp.
FBI folder on Selma, Alabama, voter registration campaign, October 1963, 1963
157-6-61-431-157-6-61-539 October 1963-January 1964. 303pp.
FBI folder on Selma, Alabama, voter registration campaign, October 1963-January 1964, 1963-1964