The following is only a representative list of the hundreds of organizations engaged in civil rights works in the United States. It is based on a list printed in the Newsroom Guide to Civil Rights published by the Communications Consortium Media Center. Terminology and ethnic designations (such as Hispanic and Latino, Native American and American Indian, African American and black) are based on preferences of the individual organization. Organizations listed below are primarily national organizations, but many of them have local or regional chapters or offices.