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Decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren

Hernandez v. Texas

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

1984 Commonwealth Club Address

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

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)

Annual Address by Joseph Jackson

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)

New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”

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

Madrigal v. Quilligan

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

S.123 - A Bill To abolish slavery throughout all the States and Territories of the United States.

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

“Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection” from the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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

Oberlin Women’s Suffrage Debate

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

The Young Lords Organization

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

Franklin’s Epitaph

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

El Plan de Santa Barbara (Plan of Santa Barbara)

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

Marbury v. Madison – Opinion of the Court

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

Address Before the Southern Commercial Congress in Mobile, Alabama

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

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 Royal Academy of Farting

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

H.R.14 — 38th Congress (1863-1865)

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

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

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Amendments to the Constitution Proposed by the Hartford Convention

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

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)

Latino Students Protesting Proposition 187

California's Proposition 187

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)

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement

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

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

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)

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)

Rochester Evening Express, 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)

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)

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)

A Plea for Captain John Brown- Excerpts

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Gettysburg Dedication Day Ceremony a Naturalization Ceremony & remarks from Steven Spielberg

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

Alliance for Progress

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

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)

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)

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)

Judiciary Act of 1789- Excerpts

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

Brutus No. 15- Excerpt

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Collections

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)

The Magna Carta Comes to America, by A.E. Dick Howard

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

Emigrants crossing the plains, by F.O.C. Darley

How the Wilderness Was Won, by Stewart L. Udall

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

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

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

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

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

Growing Up Colored, by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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

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 Father of American Terrorism, by Ken Chowder

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Historical Images

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)

Magna Britannia

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

The political cartoon for the year 1775

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