---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch21"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 21"
heading: "Civil Rights"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch21"
sections_count: 94
---

# Chapter 21 — Civil Rights

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Generally](/usc/42/ch21-schI.md)
- [Subchapter I–A — Institutionalized Persons](/usc/42/ch21-schI-A.md)
- [Subchapter II — Public Accommodations](/usc/42/ch21-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Public Facilities](/usc/42/ch21-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Public Education](/usc/42/ch21-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Federally Assisted Programs](/usc/42/ch21-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Equal Employment Opportunities](/usc/42/ch21-schVI.md)
- [Subchapter VII — Registration and Voting Statistics](/usc/42/ch21-schVII.md)
- [Subchapter VIII — Community Relations Service](/usc/42/ch21-schVIII.md)
- [Subchapter IX — Miscellaneous Provisions](/usc/42/ch21-schIX.md)