Publications

Booklets and Brochures

The Civil Rights Division (pdf)

Justice Department Issues United Against Hate Program Milestones (2022—2023)

Beyond the Cases: 26 Years of the Americans with Disabilities Act – The Lives, Faces, and Stories Behind the ADA   pdf   html

Combatting Sexual Misconduct   English   Spanish

Combating Religious Discrimination Today: Final Report

Identifying and Preventing Gender Bias in Law Enforcement Response to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence (pdf)

Fulfilling the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education   pdf   Word

Protecting Women's Rights (pdf)

Protecting the Civil Rights of American Indians and Alaska Natives (pdf)

MOU Between the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission and the Indian Working Group of the Civil Rights Division (pdf)

Protecting the Civil Rights of Servicemembers (pdf)

Federal Protections Against National Origin Discrimination (pdf)
Protecciones Federales Contra la Discriminación por Origen Nacional (pdf)

Reports

Report on Use of Race or Sex in Federal Contracting Programs
This document is an updated summary report on the legal and evidentiary frameworks that justify the continued use of race or sex, in appropriate circumstances, by federal agencies to remedy the current and lingering effects of discrimination in federal contracting programs. Read the Federal Register notice.

An Interactive Guide to the Civil Rights Division's Police Reforms

Advancing Diversity in Law Enforcement Report -- October 2016

"DOJ Report: Language Access In The Courts" -- September 2016

Four Year Title VI Report: The Civil Rights Division's Efforts to Protect Against Race, Color, and National Origin Discrimination by Recipients of Federal Funds- July 2013

Equal Access to Education: Forty Years of Title IX -- June 2012

Report on the Civil Rights Division's Post-9/11 Civil Rights Summit -- April 2012

Report on the Tenth Anniversary of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA)

July 2016
September 2010

Report on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA)

September 2020

RLUIPA Letter to Mayors and Other Local Officials - 2016

The Attorney General's Annual Report to Congress Pursuant to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act

2021 2020  2019  2018  2017  2016  2015   2014   2013   2012   2011   2010 (B/W)   2010 (Color)   2009   2008   2007   2006   2005   2004   2003   2002   2001   2000  

Report on the Tenth Anniversary of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act -- October 2010

The Attorney General's Annual Report to Congress describing the Department's Enforcement Efforts under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act

2021  2020  2019  2018  2017  2016  2015   2014   2013   2012   2011   2010   2009   2008   2007   2006   2005   2004  2003   2002   2001   2000  

The Attorney General's Report to Congress Pursuant to the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007

March 2021  June 2019  March 2016  May 2015  January 2014  November 2012  September 2011  May 2010  April 2009           

The Department of Justice's Investigation of Allegations Regarding the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- June 2000

Newsletters

Religious Freedom in Focus
This newsletter provides updates about the Civil Rights Division’s work combating religious discrimination.

Other materials

Cover Letter regarding the Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard College and University of North Carolina

Questions and Answers regarding the Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard College and University of North Carolina

Dear Colleague Letter on Online Accessibility at Postsecondary Institutions

Guide to State Voting Rules That Apply After a Criminal Conviction

Improving Law Enforcement Response to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence by Identifying and Preventing Gender Bias

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and Disability Discrimination in Hiring

Assistant Attorney General’s Letter to Texas Attorney General and Department of Public Safety Raising Federal Civil Rights Concerns with GA-37

Attorney General's Memorandum on Federal Law Protections for Religious Liberty

Implementation Memo for Attorney General's Memorandum on Federal Law Protections for Religious Liberty

Guidelines on Religious Exercise and Religious Expression in the Federal Workplace