Historical Documents

Page 1. of the Emancipation Act D.C.
District of Columbia Emancipation Act 1862
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Original Supreme Court documentation of Brown v. Board
Brown v. Board of Education 1954
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Reconstruction Amendments 1865-1870
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
SVREP logo
Southwest Voter Registration Education Project
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act 2021
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Land Grant Colleges and Universities as of 1890
Second Morrill Act 1890
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
United States v. Vaello Madero
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Executive Order 10925
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)
The Plan of San Diego
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Young Mexican men stand outside a jail in Los Angeles, California, after police arrested them during the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots.
Zoot Suit Riots
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Mexican agricultural laborer top sugar beets near Stockton, California.
Bracero Program
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Executive Order 9346
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
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)
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)
House proposing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution
Civil Rights Act 1866
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

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)