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Decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren

Hernandez v. Texas

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

Pamphlet, John Brown’s "Provisional Constitution and Ordinances for the People of the United States"

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Robert E. Lee’s Demand for the Surrender of John Brown and His Party

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

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)

A Plea for Captain John Brown

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

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)

1984 Commonwealth Club Address

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

Judiciary Act of 1789- Excerpts

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Marbury v. Madison – Opinion of the Court

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Fidel Castro signing the first agrarian law in 1959

Law #3 of the Sierra Maestra on Agrarian Reform

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

Joint Resolution Submitting 13th Amendment to the States; signed by Abraham Lincoln and Congress Congress, Wednesday, February 01, 1865

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

Stamp Act of 1765

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Trenton State Sentinel and Capital, Editorial

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

Mexican female laborers engaged in pecan shelling

Pecan Shellers Strike

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

S.J.RES.150 -- To designate June 15, 1991, as "Magna Carta Day".

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

National Farm Workers Association

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

Franklin’s Epitaph

ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Copley Medal

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Address Before the Southern Commercial Congress in Mobile, Alabama

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

On the Treatment of the Little Rock Nine

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

Measures Proposed to Amend the Constitution

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”

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

Sierra Maestra Manifesto

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

A Plea for Captain John Brown- Excerpts

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Silent Spring- Excerpt

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)

Amendments to the Constitution of the United States

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

H.J. Res. 80, proposing to amend the Constitution of the United States

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Supports of the Dream Act holding a Banner

Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM)

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

Brutus No. 15- Excerpt

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Rochester Evening Express, Editorial

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

Latino Students Protesting Proposition 187

California's Proposition 187

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)

Joint Resolution Proposing a 13th Amendment to the Constitution

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

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)

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)

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)

Collections

The Father of American Terrorism, by Ken Chowder

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Benjamin Franklin’s Years in London, by Joan Paterson Kerr

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Taking Another Look at the Constitutional Blueprint, by Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, et al

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

The Great Chief Justice, by Fred Rodell

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind

Hollywood History, by Mark C. Carnes

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

Susan B. Anthony Cast Her Ballot And Was Arrested, by Godfrey D. Lehman

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

Historical Images

John Brown exhibiting his hangman

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

John Brown. Meeting the slave-mother and her child on the steps of Charlestown jail on his way to execution

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Emancipation by Thomas Nast

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

Virginia Memory: The Rights of the People– Women are People. Suffrage Victory Map, 1920

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

March On Washington

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

Truman Wipes out Segregation in Armed Forces

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

William Franklin

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)