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The Kansas Commission on Civil Rights (KCCR), originally known as the Commission on Civil Rights (CCR), was established in 1961 and continued until 1991 for the purpose of preventing unfair and illegal acts of discrimination against persons in Kansas. It consisted of a seven-member, unpaid-volunteer governing and review board, and a staff of paid investigators managed by an Executive Director.〔http://www.kshs.org/dart/units/view/215783 Records of the Kansas Commission on Civil Rights], abstract, State Archives, Kansas Historical Society, Topeka, Ks, as downloaded Oct.25, 2014〕〔Associated Press (Topeka), ("State Rights Commission Aggressive Force" ), Garden City ''Telegram,'' May 6, 1971〕 The KCCR was established by the (Legislature ) in an attempt to prevent and remedy certain acts of discrimination against people in Kansas for reasons of their race and certain other demographic characteristics, particularly those whose personal characteristics were believed by the legislature to put them at a disadvantage in society.〔〔(Chapter 44: ''Labor And Industries,'' Article 10: ''Kansas Acts Against Discrimination'' ), from ''Kansas Statutes,'' (browsable and searchable archive of 2009 Kansas Statutes Annotated (K.S.A.)) online at Lesterama.org, as downloaded 2014-10-25〕 The list of those protected classes grew over the subsequent years to include:〔 * race * color * national origin * ancestry * sex * handicap / disability * age * marital and/or familial status * genetic testing In a 1990 agreement between the KCCR and the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices, the KCCR's role, at that time, was ''partially'' defined (in regards to employment) as:
==Authorizing Law== The authorizing and empowering legislation was enclosed chiefly in the ''Kansas Statutes'' Chapter 44: ''Labor And Industries, ''Article 10: ''Kansas Acts Against Discrimination.''〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kansas Commission on Civil Rights」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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