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Comments on civil rights prosecutions enforced during the term of U.S. President George W. Bush. Decline in civil rights prosecution during the first term of Bush; Increase in incidents of hate crimes in 2003; Reason for the decline in civil rights enforcement during Bush's term.

Comments on the status of civil rights during the presidency of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Overview of criminal civil rights cases prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department; Approval of the extension of the 1965 Voting Rights Act in 1982; Passage of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday bill in October 1983; Factors that contributed to the development of race discrimination in the country.

Reports on the gathering of an aging group of civil rights veterans at the Lincoln Monument in Washington to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the historic March in Washington on August 28, 1963. Professions of the veterans who gathered in the monument; State of the civil rights movement in 2003; Manner by which the U.S. government handled the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

Focuses on the relationship of U.S. President George W. Bush with Afro-American civil rights leaders. Approach of Bush to racial outreach; Attitude of civil rights leaders toward Bush; Reason behind the detention of Afro-Americans.

Encourages leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to make the Black-on-Black violence a civil rights issue. Lawsuit filed by the NAACP against gun manufacturers; Argument used by the NAACP in the lawsuit; Factors which contribute to continued gun violence; Reasons why NAACP leaders do not want to make Black-on-Black violence a public advocacy issue.

Provides information on the contribution of the late African American civil rights activist Rosa Parks. Refusal of Parks to move from her seat in the White section of a Montgomery Bus in 1955; Significance of Parks to another African American activist, Martin Luther King; Impact of Parks on recurrent problems of violence among African Americans.

Comments on a press release issued by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights stating that President George W. Bush has failed to provide leadership on and enforcement of civil rights laws. Efforts of Bush to prosecute police officers and those who committed racial terror acts; Stand of Bush on voting fraud and discrimination; Comments on the actions taken by the Bush administration on the limited number of ballots provided for African American neighborhoods.

Argues that if civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. were alive he would have joined the protests against U.S. President George W. Bush. Criticism on the visit of Bush at the tomb of King; Protests led by King to criticize the administration of former U.S. presidents during his life; Policy of Republican presidents on civil rights.