New York was listed today as the most advanced state in the Union insofar as protecting its residents from religious and racial discrimination is concerned. In a survey made by the American Jewish Congress evaluating the degree of protection offered citizens in all 48 states, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Illinois follow New York in that order.
The Congress survey digested more than 200 laws in the fields of public accommodation, employment, education, housing and group defamation which are presently carried on the statute books of all 48 states. A majority of the states fall short of a minimum program required to assure protection of their citizens’ civil rights, the survey revealed.
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