The U.S. Department of Labor hosts this portal on Affirmative Action issues and legislation.

Site maintained by the University of Rhode Island offers history and definition as well as pros and cons of affirmative action.

An article in favor of affirmative action adapted from a book by the same author.

This web site provided by the National Association of Social Workers outlines their support for affirmative action.

This report outlines the National Association for Women's support for affirmative action.

Click on an image to listen to personal stories of how Affirmative Action has affected these peoples’ lives. These “stories” can be accessed using Real Player, Quicktime, or Windows Media. Site maintained by Americans for a Fair Chance.

The University of California, Los Angeles’ (UCLA) Daily Bruin hosts these video clips supporting Affirmative Action measures; requires Real Player or Quicktime.

Scroll down to “Remarks at the Howard University Commencement June 4, 1965” to hear President Lyndon Johnson discuss his plans for affirmative action. (NOTE: this file takes time to download.) Site maintained by the Miller Center of Public Affairs, Scripps Library and Multimedia Archive, the University of Virginia.

This case questioned the university's affirmative action program. The Oyez Project provides a synopsis of the case, audio files, key participants, and additional resources. Site managed by the Oyez Project, a multimedia database of Supreme Court cases and reference materials supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Science Foundation, Mayer, Brown, Rowe, and Maw, the M.R. Bauer Foundation, and FindLaw.

Online research project from the University of California, Santa Barbara, examines Affirmative Action topics.

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