{"id":355690,"date":"2016-04-04T10:42:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T15:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/civilrights\/enforcing-your-civil-rights.html"},"modified":"2024-10-25T15:01:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T20:01:00","slug":"enforcing-your-civil-rights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/civilrights\/enforcing-your-civil-rights.html","title":{"rendered":"Enforcing Your Civil Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n \n Enforcing Your Civil Rights\n <\/h1>\n \n Knowing how to enforce your rights and file claims with the appropriate government agency is important. \n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Understanding your civil rights in relation to employment, education, access to credit, police custody, and other situations is important. <\/p>\r\n

FindLaw’s Enforcing Your Civil Rights section contains various articles and resources to help you assert your most fundamental rights. This section includes directories of federal and state civil rights offices, the full text of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a directory of non-governmental civil rights organizations, step-by-step guides on filing claims for various types of civil rights violations, and more.<\/p>\r\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Filing Civil Rights Claims\n \n <\/i>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/h2>\n \n