Contents: Preface; Civil Rights Act of 1991: A Legal History and Analysis; Civil Rights Protection in the US: Brief Summaries of Constitutional Amendments, Federal Laws and Executive Orders; The Equal Rights Amendment: A Chronology; Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment; Homosexuality and the Federal Constitution: A Legal Analysis of the US Supreme Court Ruling in Romer v. Evans; Personal Privacy Protection: The Legislative Response; The Voting Rights Act of 1965, As Amended; Its History and Current Issues; Index.