Historical Documents

National Chicano Moratorium sign
National Chicano Moratorium
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
1901 Supreme Court
Downes v. Bidwell
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Temporary Protection Status (TPS)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Reconstruction Amendments 1865-1870
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Stop forced sterilization poster/image
Madrigal v. Quilligan
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Michigan Civil Rights Initiative 2006
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Cesar Chavez holding a NFWA sign
National Farm Workers Association
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
A mother and daughter sit outside the Supreme Court
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Cesar Chaves with Robert Kennedy at the end of his fast
1968 Fasting Statement
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Latino Students Protesting Proposition 187
California's Proposition 187
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Mexican girls in San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Luisa Moreno, one of the main organizers of the Congress
Spanish Speaking People's Congress
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Original document of the enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress pertaining to the Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights Act 1964
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Original document of Voting Rights Act to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment
Voting Rights Act 1965
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
LULAC Logo
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Class Photo at a Mexican-American School Featuring Future President Lyndon B. Johnson
Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Page 1. of the Emancipation Act D.C.
District of Columbia Emancipation Act 1862
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Mexican agricultural laborer top sugar beets near Stockton, California.
Bracero Program
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
House proposing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution
Civil Rights Act 1866
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren
Hernandez v. Texas
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Civil Rights Act (1964)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Executive Order 9346
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Tierra Amarilla Land Grant and Courthouse Raid
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Pro-DACA Protestors
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The rough draft of The Declaration of Independence written in June, 1776.
Jefferson’s “original Rough draught” of the Declaration of Independence
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act 2021
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Picture of the Proclamation
Proclamation 3869
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Picture of Ernesto Miranda
Miranda v. Arizona
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Children from different ethnic background pledging allegiance to the U.S. flag
Plyler v. Doe
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
"Help the Guatemalans!" poster
American Baptist Churches v. Thornburgh
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Newspaper documenting the court case
Botiller v. Dominguez
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Cover Sheet Summarizing Disposition of the Dred Scott Case by the U.S. Supreme Court
Dred Scott v. Sandford
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Photo of the 1921 Supreme Court
Balzac v. Porto Rico
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Banner calling for the U.S. Navy to leave Vieques
Vieques Island Protests
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Loving v. Virginia 1967
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Puerto Ricans rally for civil rights outside City Hall in New York City.
Katzenbach v. Morgan
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Executive Order 10925
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
President Johnson signing the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
El Plan Espiritual de Aztlan (Spiritual Plan of Aztlan)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Original Supreme Court documentation of Brown v. Board
Brown v. Board of Education 1954
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Picture of Mexican American students protesting
East Los Angeles Walkouts
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Cover of El Plan de Santa Barbara
El Plan de Santa Barbara (Plan of Santa Barbara)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Torres v. Puerto Rico
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The acquitted defendants in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial reunite with their families.
People v. Zamora
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Sierra Maestra Manifesto
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
United States v. Vaello Madero
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Historical Images

Dyer Anti-Lynching bill and the Congressmen who voted against it.
Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill 1922
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Man waiting in the colored-waiting room bus station in Durham, NC.
Jim Crow Era: Durham NC
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)