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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)

Decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren.

Hernandez v. Texas

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

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)

Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act 2021

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

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)

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)

Michigan Civil Rights Initiative 2006

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

District of Columbia Emancipation Act 1862

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

Madrigal v. Quilligan

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

Executive Order 9981

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

Executive Order 9346

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

San Antonia ISD v. Rodriguez

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

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)

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)

Land Grant Colleges and Universities as of 1890

Second Morrill Act 1890

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

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)

Zoot Suit Riots

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

U.S. v. Brignoni-Ponce

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)

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)

National Farm Workers Association

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

Plessy v. Ferguson 1896

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

Original Document of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

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

Miranda v. Arizona

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

Executive Order 8802

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)

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

Mendez v. Westminster

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

United States v. Paradise 1987

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

Reconstruction Amendments 1865-1870

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)

Loving v. Virginia 1967

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

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)

Southwest Voter Registration Education Project

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

National Chicano Moratorium

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

Executive Order 10925

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

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)

Mexican female laborers engaged in pecan shelling

Pecan Shellers Strike

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

The Young Lords Organization

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

House proposing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution

Civil Rights Act 1866

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

Children from different ethnic background pledging allegiance to the U.S. flag

Plyler v. Doe

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

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)

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)