http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d1020.pdf

Examines how law schools compare with similar professional schools in cost and minority enrollment and how accreditation factors affect minority access to law schools. From the Government Accountability Office

http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/218861.pdf

Subtitled: Addressing Disproportionate Minority Contact in Juvenile Justice. Describes how local law enforcement authorities must comply with national requirements relating to the proportion of minority youth in the juvenile justice system. Provides how-to guidance for complying with federal standards and background information on media coverage and public attitudes about crime, race, and youth. From the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/fsp2008/fsp2008.pdf

Describes the progress toward equal opportunity goals achieved by federal government employers during 2008. Offers statistics on the composition of the federal work force including characteristics by gender, race, disability and how each group ranked by pay and grade status. From the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf09319/nsf09319.pdf

Offers statistics on trends in federal support for science and engineering research at minority institutions as of Fiscal Year 2007. Tables also show levels of federal support by institution and by federal sponsoring agency. From the National Science Foundation.

http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k9/163/SusUseRaceEthinicity.htm

Reports that 9.7% of adults needed treatment for a substance use problem in the past year and that approximately 1 in 12 adults had a major depressive episode in the past year. Also reports that Blacks had higher rates of treatment for substance use in a specialty facility than persons of other races, and that whites were more likely to receive treatment for depression. From the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

http://www.governor.virginia.gov/MediaRelations/NewsReleases/viewRelease.cfm?id=1019

Press release which reports that the infant mortality rate for Virginia was 6.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2008, down from 7.7 in 2007. The infant mortality rate for African-Americans fell from 15.5 in 2007 to 12.2 in 2008. From the Office of the Governor.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db20.pdf

Reports that non-Hispanic black adults aged 50+ have higher rates of physical limitations than non-Hispanic white adults in each age group. In each race group, women are more likely than men of the same age to have one or more physical limitations. From the National Center for Health Statistics.

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/studies/2009455.pdf

Subtitled: How Black and White Students in Public Schools Perform in Mathematics and Reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress: Statistical Report. This report will use results from both the main NAEP and the long-term trend NAEP assessments to examine the Black-White achievement gaps, and changes in those gaps, at the national and state levels. From the National Center for Education Statistics

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5827a2.htm?s_cid=mm5827a2_x

Reports that non-Hispanic Blacks had a 51% greater prevalence of obesity and Hispanics a 21% greater prevalence when compared with non-Hispanic whites. Shows data by nation, region and individual states. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db19.pdf

Reports that over 70% of men and women aged 25-44 have been or are married, but that non-Hispanic black men and women have lower percentages of marriage than Hispanics and whites. The probability that men will marry by 40 is 81%; for women the figure is 86%. From the National Center for Health Statistics.

http://laws.findlaw.com/us/000/07-1428

5-4 decision by the Supreme Court which affirmed the results of a placement test for firefighters which the city of New Haven, fearing discrimination lawsuits, had rejected when no African Americans and only 2 Hispanic firefighters qualified for promotion. The decision reversed rulings by District and Appeals Courts including Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. The dissenters argued that the decision overturned Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. From Findlaw.com.