Historical Documents

Cover of El Plan de Santa Barbara
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
House proposing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Land Grant Colleges and Universities as of 1890
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
National Chicano Moratorium sign
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The acquitted defendants in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial reunite with their families.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The rough draft of The Declaration of Independence written in June, 1776.
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
"Help the Guatemalans!" poster
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Supports of the Dream Act holding a Banner
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Mexican female laborers engaged in pecan shelling
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Pro-DACA Protestors
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Sylvia Mendez, one of the children at the center of this case.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Plessy v. Ferguson decided judgement
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Young Lords members with a sign
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Children from different ethnic background pledging allegiance to the U.S. flag
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Original Supreme Court documentation of Brown v. Board
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Page 1. of the Emancipation Act D.C.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Luisa Moreno, one of the main organizers of the Congress
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
SVREP logo
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
A mother and daughter sit outside the Supreme Court
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Picture of Mexican American students protesting
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Latino Students Protesting Proposition 187
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Picture of the Proclamation
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Original Document of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
John Paul Stevens, the author of the majority opinion
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Cover Sheet Summarizing Disposition of the Dred Scott Case by the U.S. Supreme Court
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Stop forced sterilization poster/image
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Original document of Voting Rights Act to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Photo of the 1921 Supreme Court
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Original Document of Former President Harry Turman's Executive order 9981
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Picture of Cesar Chavez
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Historical Images

Dyer Anti-Lynching bill and the Congressmen who voted against it.
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Man waiting in the colored-waiting room bus station in Durham, NC.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)