99-7112. Consultation Proceeding on the ``Crisis of the Young African American Male in the Inner Cities''

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13961-13962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7112]


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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


Consultation Proceeding on the ``Crisis of the Young African 
American Male in the Inner Cities''

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Notice of consultation.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a public consultation before the 
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will commence on Thursday, April 15 
through Friday, April 16, 1999, daily at 8:30 a.m. in the Holiday Inn,

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Congressional Room, located at 415 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington, 
DC 20001.
    The purpose of the consultation is to collect information within 
the jurisdiction of the Commission, to examine the crisis of the young 
African American male in the inner cities, in the areas of criminal 
justice, education, health care, and employment/entrepreneurial 
opportunies. The Commission is an independent bipartisan, factfinding 
agency authorized to study, collect, and disseminate information, and 
to appraise the laws and policies of the Federal Government, and to 
study and collect information with respect to discrimination or denials 
or equal protection of the laws under the Constitution because of race, 
color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or in the 
administration of justice.
    Hearing impaired persons who will attend the consultation and 
require the services of a sign language interpreter, should contact 
Betty Edmiston, Administrative Services and Clearinghouse Division at 
[phone] (TDD [phone]), at least five (5) working days 
before the scheduled date of the consultation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Aronson, Press and 
Communications [phone].

    Dated: March 18, 1999.
Stephanie Y. Moore,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-7112 Filed 3-22-99; 8:45 am]
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