Records of the White House Office of Records Management (Clinton Administration), 1993 - 2001. Subject Files on Human Rights, 1993 - 2001

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Records of the White House Office of Records Management (Clinton Administration), 1993 - 2001. Subject Files on Human Rights, 1993 - 2001

1993-2001

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1127673

This series contains materials pertaining to human and civil rights, citizenship, segregation, ideologies and voting rights. These records include correspondence from the public expressing views or complaints about such matters. There are 35 subject sub category headings in this series: Human Rights (HU); Equality (HU010); Equal Education (HU011); Equal Employment (HU012); Ethnic Origin Groups (HU013); Arab-American Groups (HU013-10); Asian-American Groups (HU013-20); Chinese-American Groups (HU013-21); Japanese-American Groups (HU013-22); African-American Groups (HU013-30); Canadian-American Groups (HU013-40); Eastern European-American Groups (HU013-50); Hungarian-American Groups (HU013-51); Lithuanian-American Groups (HU013-52); Polish-American Groups (HU013-53); Russian-American Groups (HU013-54); Jewish-American Groups (HU013-60); Latin-American and Hispanic Groups (HU013-70); Chicano Groups (HU013-71); Puerto Rican-American Groups (HU013-80); Western European-American Groups (HU013-90); Franco-American (HU013-91); German-American (HU013-92); Greek-American (HU013-93); Italian-American Groups (HU013-94); Irish-American Groups (HU013-95); Spanish-American (HU013-96); Other Ethnic Origin Groups (HU013-99); Right to Housing (HU014); Voting Rights (HU015); Women (HU016); Freedoms (HU020); Civil Disturbances and Riots (HU021); Genocide (HU030); and Ideologies (HU040).

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