Historical Images

Emancipation by Thomas Nast
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Cartoon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
William Franklin
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
John Brown Cartoon
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Magna Britannia
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Collections

Signing the Magna Carta
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
John Brown, the Abolitionist
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Benjamin Franklin
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Historical Documents

Cover of El Plan de Santa Barbara
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Cesar Chavez holding a NFWA sign
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Stamp Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Sylvia Mendez, one of the children at the center of this case.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Joseph Jackson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Thoreau
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Young Lords members with a sign
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Stop forced sterilization poster/image
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
SVREP logo
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
FDR, 1936. Library of Congress
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
Corwin Amendment
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Picture of Mexican American students protesting
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
H.R. 14
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Pro-DACA Protestors
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Luisa Moreno, one of the main organizers of the Congress
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
President Reagan signing the Immigration Reform and Control Act
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Latino Students Protesting Proposition 187
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Copley Medal
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Susan B. Anthony Conviction Notice
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Steven Spielburg
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Alliance for Progress Postage
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Judiciary Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)