Written by: Phillip Reese, Inthefray.com Contributor

Photographed by: Dustin Ross, Inthefray.com Visual Editor

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
www.aclu.org
New York
National organization that works to protect civil liberties

Institute on Race & Poverty
http://www1.umn.edu/irp/index.html
University of Minnesota Law School | Minneapolis
Organization examining the intersection of racial injustice and poverty

The Lindesmith Center-Drug Policy Foundation
www.lindesmith.org
Washington, D.C.
Drug policy organization that favors alternative approaches to drug abuse, such as greater treatment and education

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
www.naacp.org
Baltimore
The largest U.S. civil rights organization

A higher profile
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Written by Harry Mok | Photographed by Dustin Ross | Identify | May 7, 2001
On the top of today's civil rights agenda, racial profiling takes "driving while black" to another level

"Driving While Black: Racial Profiling on Our Nation's Highways"
www.aclu.org/profiling/report/index.html
by David A. Harris | American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) | June 1999

Gallup poll
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Most Americans believe racial profiling is widespread, according to a Gallup poll

Legislation
www1.umn.edu/irp/publications/racialprofiling.html
Institute on Race & Poverty | University of Minnesota Law School
Web page with summary of racial profiling research

New Jersey reforms
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Reforms in New Jersey to eradicate racial profiling

North Carolina traffic stops
sbi.jus.state.nc.us/TSS_01/Rpt/information.htm
North Carolina State Police Department
State police department's online registry of traffic stops, which includes racial and gender information for those pulled over

"Racial Profiling Is Seen as Widespread, Particularly Among Young Black Men"
www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr991209.asp
by Frank Newport | The Gallup Organization | December 9, 1999

"Racial Profiling Routine, New Jersey Finds"
www.nytimes.com/2000/11/28/nyregion/28TROO-MET.html
by David Kocieniewski and Robert Hanley | The New York Times | November 28, 2000

State laws
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Descriptions of the state laws addressing racial profiling

State laws
www.aele.org/Profile.html
Americans for Effective Law Enforcement | Park Ridge, Illinois
The texts of the state laws on racial profiling

Traffic Stops Statistics Study Act
www.aele.org/HR1443.html
Americans for Effective Law Enforcement | Park Ridge, Illinois
The text of the Traffic Stops Statistics Study Act proposed in the U.S. Congress

"U.S. Wrote Outline for Race Profiling, New Jersey Argues" www.nytimes.com/2000/11/29/nyregion/29FEDS.html
by David Kocieniewski | The New York Times | November 29, 2000