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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)

United States v. Paradise 1987

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

Mexican agricultural laborer top sugar beets near Stockton, California.

Bracero Program

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

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)

Southwest Voter Registration Education Project

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

Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)

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

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)

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)

National Chicano Moratorium

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

Botiller v. Dominguez

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

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)

Zoot Suit Riots

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)

Decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren

Hernandez v. Texas

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

Mexican female laborers engaged in pecan shelling

Pecan Shellers Strike

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

Executive Order 8802

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

Original Document of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

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

1984 Commonwealth Club Address

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

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)

Banner calling for the U.S. Navy to leave Vieques

Vieques Island Protests

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

The Plan of San Diego

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

Arizona v. United States

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

Sierra Maestra Manifesto

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

Michigan Civil Rights Initiative 2006

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

Temporary Protection Status (TPS)

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

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)

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)

Balzac v. Porto Rico

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

Reconstruction Amendments 1865-1870

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

Land Grant Colleges and Universities as of 1890

Second Morrill Act 1890

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)

Chinese Exclusion Act

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

Torres v. Puerto Rico

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

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

Plyler v. Doe

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

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)

Picture of OAS's fifty-second Assembly in Lima, Peru

Organization of American States (OAS) Charter

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

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)

U.S. v. Brignoni-Ponce

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

Downes v. Bidwell

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

American Baptist Churches v. Thornburgh

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)

Proclamation 3869

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)

Plessy v. Ferguson 1896

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

Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle

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

Miranda v. Arizona

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

Executive Order 9981

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

Historical Images

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)