Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons™
Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Keyword
-
- Discrimination (3)
- Race (3)
- Housing (2)
- Affirmative action (1)
- Agency fee payer (1)
-
- Baltimore (1)
- Beauty salon (1)
- Civil Rights Act of 1964 (1)
- Civil rights (1)
- Class-based segregation (1)
- Death penalty (1)
- Democratic unions (1)
- Desegregation (1)
- Digital resources (1)
- Education (1)
- Employment (1)
- Equal opportunity (1)
- Ethnic segregation (1)
- Health (1)
- Human rights (1)
- Immigration (1)
- International law (1)
- John Waters (1)
- Land use (1)
- Latino (1)
- Litigation (1)
- Maryland (1)
- Movies (1)
- NIMBY (1)
- New Urbanism (1)
- Publication
- Publication Type
Articles 1 - 9 of 9
Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Sleep: A Human Rights Issue, Clark J. Lee
Sleep: A Human Rights Issue, Clark J. Lee
Homeland Security Publications
Recognition of sleep as a human rights issue by governmental and legal entities (as illustrated by recent legal cases in the United States and India) raises the profile of sleep health as a societal concern. Although this recognition may not lead to immediate public policy changes, it infuses the public discourse about the importance of sleep health with loftier ideals about what it means to be human. Such recognition also elevates the work of sleep researchers and practitioners from serving the altruistic purpose of improving human health at the individual and population levels to serving the higher altruistic purpose of …
Unions And Democracy: When Do Nonmembers Have Voting Rights?, Melanie Stallings Williams, Dennis A. Halcoussis
Unions And Democracy: When Do Nonmembers Have Voting Rights?, Melanie Stallings Williams, Dennis A. Halcoussis
Journal of Business & Technology Law
No abstract provided.
Troubled Waters: Mid-Twentieth Century American Society On "Trial" In The Films Of John Waters, Taunya Lovell Banks
Troubled Waters: Mid-Twentieth Century American Society On "Trial" In The Films Of John Waters, Taunya Lovell Banks
Faculty Scholarship
In this Article Professor Banks argues that what makes many of filmmaker John Waters early films so subversive is his use of the “white-trash” body—people marginalized by and excluded from conventional white America—as countercultural heroes. He uses the white trash body as a surrogate for talk about race and sexuality in the early 1960s. I argue that in many ways Waters’ critiques of mid-twentieth century American society reflect the societal changes that occurred in the last forty years of that century. These societal changes resulted from the civil rights, gay pride, student, anti-war and women’s movements, all of which used …
Denny V. Elizabeth Arden Salons, Inc.: Condoning Race Discrimination In Resembling Places Of Public Accommodation Under Title Ii, Radiance A. Walters
Denny V. Elizabeth Arden Salons, Inc.: Condoning Race Discrimination In Resembling Places Of Public Accommodation Under Title Ii, Radiance A. Walters
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
No abstract provided.
Thompson V. Hud: Groundbreaking Housing Desegregation Litigation, And The Significant Task Ahead Of Achieving An Effective Desegregation Remedy Without Engendering New Social Harms, Gina Kline
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
No abstract provided.
Preferring White Lives: The Racial Administration Of The Death Penalty In Maryland, Michael Millemann, Gary W. Christopher
Preferring White Lives: The Racial Administration Of The Death Penalty In Maryland, Michael Millemann, Gary W. Christopher
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
No abstract provided.
Latino Educational Neglect: The Result Bespeaks Discrimination, Lupe S. Salinas
Latino Educational Neglect: The Result Bespeaks Discrimination, Lupe S. Salinas
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
No abstract provided.
New Urbanism: Urban Development And Ethnic Integration In Europe And The United States, James A. Kushner
New Urbanism: Urban Development And Ethnic Integration In Europe And The United States, James A. Kushner
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
No abstract provided.
Building A Digital Collection: The Making Of Historical Publications Of The United States Commission On Civil Rights, Bill Sleeman
Building A Digital Collection: The Making Of Historical Publications Of The United States Commission On Civil Rights, Bill Sleeman
Faculty Scholarship
This article briefly explores the technical and administrative tasks required to create a digital resource devoted to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.