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Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin on Lincoln, The Movie and Man- Excerpt

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Letter from Alexander Graham Bell to Helen Keller, March 23, 1907

ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

The Young Lords Organization

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Lincoln, Hollywood, and an Opportunity for Historians- Excerpt

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

The Problem of the West

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

A Gold Hunter's Experience, Chalkley J. Hambleton

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

Clinton's Farewell Address

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

The Liberator Comments on Nat Turner’s Insurrection

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Annual Address by Joseph Jackson

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

The Budget and Deficit Under Clinton

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Ahead of Oscars, Courtney asks Spielberg, DreamWorks to correct Lincoln inaccuracy that places Connecticut on wrong side of slavery debate

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Letter to Dr. Wiggam, circa 1932

ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)

Bill Clinton’s America

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Black Code

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Alexis De Tocqueville, Democracy in America

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

“I Have Sinned” Speech

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

American Progress by John Gast

Sylvia Mendez, one of the children at the center of this case.

Mendez v. Westminster

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

President Reagan signing the Immigration Reform and Control Act

Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

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)

Decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren

Hernandez v. Texas

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Fear of Insurrection: Chapter 12 of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

The Confessions of William Styron by Yvonne French

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

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)

“Mystery” Poem

Multiple Eras, ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

Address Delivered at Seneca Falls

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

President Bill Clinton with Albert Gore and Janet Reno, 1993. Courtesy: Library of Congress

Legacy of the Clinton Administration

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

“Friends” Poem

ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras

In this isolated mountainous Spanish American community in Ojo Sarco, New Mexico, a one-room school serves students across eight grades with just two teachers. These teachers work with minimal equipment, relying on the blackboard to teach the alphabet, penmanship, and grammar.

Serna v. Portales

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

First edition cover of Bill Clinton's autobiography

Bill Clinton on Life after the Presidency

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Court Proceedings and Testimony Regarding the Denmark Vesey Rebellion

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Madrigal v. Quilligan

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Jovita Idar, shown in this picture, and her family helped organize this event

Meeting of the Mexicanist Congress

ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

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)

Joint Resolution Proposing a 13th Amendment to the Constitution

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Temporary Protection Status (TPS)

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Collections

Children of Darkness, by Stephen B. Oates

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Clinton's Legacy, by Kevin Baker

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

A Nation of Immigrants, by Bernard Weisberger

ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), Multiple Eras

The Place of Good Abode, by Shelby Foote

ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras

Nat Turner Revisited, by William Styron

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Scribner's Illustrated Magazine for Girls and Boys

The Magazine that Taught Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Millay How to Write, by Paul Rosta

Multiple Eras, ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)