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Discovery and Settlement
1650
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1763
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1783
The Founding
1789
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1825
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1860
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1870
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1890
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1929
The Great Depression and the New Deal
1941
World War II
1945
Cold War America
1992
Contemporary America
Cold War America
Sinews of Peace (Iron Curtain)
March 05, 1946
Winston Churchill
Inaugural Address
January 20, 1949
Harry S. Truman
Gideon v. Wainwright
March 18, 1963
Declaration of Honorary Citizen of United States o...
April 09, 1963
John F. Kennedy
Economic Sanctions Against Iran Message to the Con...
April 07, 1980
Jimmy Carter
Speech on the Challenger Disaster
January 28, 1986
Ronald Reagan
Commercial Republic
United States Objectives and Programs for National...
April 7, 1950
National Security Council
The President’s News Conference of June 29, 1950
June 29, 1950
Harry S. Truman
"Checkers" Speech in Los Angeles, CA
September 23, 1952
Richard Nixon
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
1952
Robert H. Jackson
The Kitchen Debate
July 25, 1959
Nikita Krushchev
Farewell Address (1961)
January 17, 1961
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Radio and Television Report to the American People...
October 22, 1962
John F. Kennedy
The General Market Process
1963
Israel Kirzner
"Great Society" Speech
May 22, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
Acceptance Speech at the Republican National Conve...
July 17, 1964
Barry Goldwater
"A Time for Choosing"
October 27, 1964
Ronald Reagan
Executive Order No. 11246
September 24, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
Joint Statement Following Discussions with Leaders...
February 27, 1972
Richard Nixon
When Does a Black Join the Middle Class?
January 29, 1975
Ralph Ellison
Human Rights and Foreign Policy
May 22, 1977
Jimmy Carter
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation v. P...
June 20, 1980
Harry A. Blackmun
Fullilove v. Klutznick
July 2, 1980
John Paul Stevens
Acceptance Speech at 1980 Republican Convention
July 17, 1980
Ronald Reagan
First Inaugural Address (1981)
January 20, 1981
Ronald Reagan
State of the Union Address (1982)
January 26, 1982
Ronald Reagan
Second Inaugural Address (1985)
January 21, 1985
Ronald Reagan
Farewell Address (Reagan)
January 11, 1989
Ronald Reagan
Foreign Policy
Chapter 24: Containment and the Truman Doctrine
Speech Asking the Senate to Ratify the North Atlan...
April 12, 1949
Harry S. Truman
Speech on the Marshall Plan
December 04, 1947
Charles W. Vursell
Speech on the Truman Doctrine
March 13, 1947
Henry A. Wallace
Excerpts from Sources of Soviet Conduct
July, 1947
Excerpts from The Cold War
1947
Walter Lippman
Speech on the North Atlantic Treaty
July 26, 1949
Sen. Robert A. Taft (R-OH)
Speech Explaining the Communist Threat
June 02, 1950
Harry S. Truman
The Long Telegram
George Kennan
Chapter 23: The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb
Letter to James Byrnes
January 05, 1946
Harry S. Truman
The Long Telegram
February 22, 1946
George Kennan
Telegram Regarding American Postwar Behavior
September, 1946
Nikolai Novikov
Special Message to the Congress on Greece and Turk...
March 12, 1947
Harry S. Truman
The Truman Doctrine
March 12, 1947
Harry S. Truman
“European Initiative Essential to Economic Recover...
June 05, 1947
George C. Marshall
Argument against Involvement in the Chinese Civil...
July, 1947
Nathaniel Peffer
Letter to Eleanor Roosevelt
March 16, 1948
Harry S. Truman
St. Patrick’s Day Address
March 17, 1948
Harry S. Truman
Observations on China
1948
Arthur Vandenberg
First Inaugural Address (1949)
January 20, 1949
Address on the Occasion of the Signing of the Nort...
April 04, 1949
Harry S. Truman
Speech on the Far East
January 12, 1950
Dean Acheson
“Crisis in Asia – An Examination of U.S. Policy”
January 12, 1950
Dean Acheson
Speech at Berkeley, California
March 16, 1950
Dean Acheson
United States Objectives and Programs for National...
April 7, 1950
National Security Council
Address in Spokane at Gonzaga University
May 11, 1950
Harry S. Truman
The President’s News Conference of June 29, 1950
June 29, 1950
Harry S. Truman
Radio and Television Address on the Situation in K...
July 19, 1950
Harry S. Truman
Special Message to the Congress Reporting on the S...
July 19, 1950
Harry S. Truman
CIA Report on the Likelihood of Soviet or Chinese...
September 27, 1950
Excerpt from Broadcast on Radio Peking
October 10, 1950
Report to the American People on Korea
April 11, 1951
Harry S. Truman
The Negro in American Life (Guidance for the Voice...
February 05, 1952
United States State Department
The Negro in American Life (Guidance for the Voice...
February 05, 1952
“A Policy of Boldness”
May 19, 1952
John Foster Dulles
Statement on Liberation Policy
January 15, 1953
John Foster Dulles
Farewell Address to the American People
January 15, 1953
Harry S. Truman
First Inaugural Address (1953)
January 20, 1953
Statement of Policy by the National Security Counc...
October 30, 1953
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Observations on Massive Retaliation
March, 1954
Hans J. Moregenthau
National Security Council Directive, NSC 5412/2, C...
December 28, 1955
National Security Council
Radio and Television Report to the American People...
October 31, 1956
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Special Message to the Congress on the situation i...
January 05, 1957
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Second Inaugural Address (1957): "The Price of Pea...
January 21, 1957
Report to the American People Regarding the Situat...
September 11, 1958
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Farewell Address (1961)
January 17, 1961
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Report to President Kennedy on South Vietnam
November 11, 1961
Dean Rusk
Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space E...
September 12, 1962
John F. Kennedy
Minutes of the Meeting of the Special Group (Augme...
October 04, 1962
Memorandum for Discussion During the Cuban Missile...
October 17, 1962
John F. Kennedy
Soviet Reactions to Certain U.S. Courses of Action...
October 19, 1962
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Record of Meeting During the Cuban Missile Crisis
October 19, 1962
John F. Kennedy
Radio and Television Report to the American People...
October 22, 1962
John F. Kennedy
Proclamation 3504 (authorizing the naval quarantin...
October 23, 1962
John F. Kennedy
Remarks in the Rudolph Wilde Platz, Berlin
June 26, 1963
John F. Kennedy
Limited Test Ban Treaty
August 05, 1963
United States Senate
Acceptance Speech at the Republican National Conve...
July 17, 1964
Barry Goldwater
Special Message to the Congress on U.S. Policy in...
August 05, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
President’s Message to Congress
August 05, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
Joint Resolution of Congress, H.J. RES 1145 (Gulf...
August 10, 1964
United States Congress
"A Time for Choosing"
October 27, 1964
Ronald Reagan
"Peace Without Conquest"
April 07, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
Cutting Our Losses in South Viet-nam
1965
George Ball
Statement on the War in Vietnam
January 06, 1966
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Black Power: The Politics of Liberation
1967
Charles V. Hamilton
Address on the Vietnam War
November 03, 1969
Richard Nixon
Telephone Conversation about Chile
September 14, 1970
Henry Kissinger
Joint Statement Following Discussions with Leaders...
February 27, 1972
Richard Nixon
Letter to President Nguyen Van Thieu
January 05, 1973
Richard Nixon
Second Inaugural Address (1973)
January 20, 1973
Richard Nixon
Address to the Nation Announcing Conclusion of an...
January 23, 1973
Richard Nixon
The Paris Accords
January 27, 1973
Richard Nixon
Telephone Conversation about Chile
September 16, 1973
Henry Kissinger
The War Powers Resolution and President Richard Ni...
October 24, 1973
Congress
On Detente
October, 1973
John Ashbrook
Meeting on Cuba
March 24, 1976
Washington Special Actions Group
Address at Commencement Exercises at the Universit...
May 22, 1977
Jimmy Carter
Human Rights and Foreign Policy
May 22, 1977
Jimmy Carter
Transcript of David Frost’s Interview with Richar...
1977
Richard Nixon
President Carter's News Conference
November 28, 1979
Jimmy Carter
Address to the Nation on the Soviet Invasion of Af...
January 04, 1980
Jimmy Carter
Relations With Islamic Nations Statement by the Pr...
February 07, 1980
Jimmy Carter
Executive Order 12205—Economic Sanctions Against I...
April 07, 1980
Jimmy Carter
Sanctions Against Iran Message to the Congress Rep...
April 17, 1980
Jimmy Carter
Address to the Nation on the Rescue Attempt for Am...
April 25, 1980
Jimmy Carter
Acceptance Speech at 1980 Republican Convention
July 17, 1980
Ronald Reagan
First Inaugural Address (1981)
January 20, 1981
Ronald Reagan
State of the Union Address (1982)
January 26, 1982
Ronald Reagan
Speech to the House of Commons
June 08, 1982
Ronald Reagan
Speech At Westminster
June 08, 1982
Ronald Reagan
Address to the Nation on Defense and National Secu...
March 23, 1983
Ronald Reagan
Remarks at a Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniv...
June 06, 1984
Ronald Reagan
Second Inaugural Address (1985)
January 21, 1985
Ronald Reagan
Remarks on East-West Relations at the Brandenburg...
June 12, 1987
Ronald Reagan
Farewell Address (Reagan)
January 11, 1989
Ronald Reagan
“United States Relations with the Soviet Union” (N...
September 22, 1989
National Security Council
Telephone Conversation
November 10, 1989
George H.W. Bush
Speech to the Republican National Convention (1992...
August 17, 1992
Ronald Reagan
Presidency
Chapter 25: Internal Security and Civil Liberties
Chapter 24: Containment and the Truman Doctrine
Statement by the President on the Government’s Emp...
November 14, 1947
Harry S. Truman
Letter to James Byrnes
January 05, 1946
Harry S. Truman
Special Message to the Congress on Greece and Turk...
March 12, 1947
Harry S. Truman
The Truman Doctrine
March 12, 1947
Harry S. Truman
House Debate on the 22nd Amendment
1947
Chauncey Reed
Platform of the States Rights Democratic Party
August 14, 1948
States Rights Democratic Party
Whistlestop Speech
September 28, 1948
Harry S. Truman
Campaign Speech in St. Louis, Missouri
October 30, 1948
Harry S. Truman
The President’s News Conference of June 29, 1950
June 29, 1950
Harry S. Truman
Special Message to the Congress Reporting on the S...
July 19, 1950
Harry S. Truman
Memorandum Regarding Relations with Pendergast Mac...
January 10, 1952
Harry S. Truman
The President's Duties
February 18, 1952
Harry S. Truman
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
1952
Robert H. Jackson
Farewell Address to the American People
January 15, 1953
Harry S. Truman
“The Presidency in 1960” (Remarks at the National...
January 14, 1960
John F. Kennedy
Farewell Address (1961)
January 17, 1961
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Inaugural Address (1961)
January 20, 1961
John F. Kennedy
Statement on Cuba
September 04, 1962
John F. Kennedy
Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space E...
September 12, 1962
John F. Kennedy
Minutes of the Meeting of the Special Group (Augme...
October 04, 1962
Record of Meeting During the Cuban Missile Crisis
October 19, 1962
John F. Kennedy
Notes on Meeting with President Kennedy During the...
October 21, 1962
John F. Kennedy
Radio and Television Report to the American People...
June 11, 1963
John F. Kennedy
Remarks in the Rudolph Wilde Platz, Berlin
June 26, 1963
John F. Kennedy
Great Society Speech
May 22, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
"Great Society" Speech
May 22, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
Acceptance Speech
July 16, 1964
Barry Goldwater
Acceptance Speech at the Republican National Conve...
July 17, 1964
Barry Goldwater
Special Message to the Congress on U.S. Policy in...
August 05, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
Speech at Madison Square Garden
October 24, 1968
George Wallace
In the Event of a Moon Disaster: "The Safire Memo"
July 18, 1969
Bill Safire
Minority View on the Direct Popular Election of th...
August 14, 1970
Hiram L. Fong
Mandate for Reform on Party Structure and Delegate...
September 22, 1971
McGovern–Fraser Commission
McGovern–Fraser Commission Report
1971
McGovern–Fraser Commission
The War Powers Resolution and President Richard Ni...
October 24, 1973
Congress
Debate to Override President Richard Nixon’s Veto...
November 07, 1973
United States Congress
United States v. Nixon
July 24, 1974
Warren E. Burger
Transcript of David Frost’s Interview with Richar...
1977
Richard Nixon
Acceptance Speech at 1980 Republican Convention
July 17, 1980
Ronald Reagan
First Inaugural Address (1981)
January 20, 1981
Ronald Reagan
First Inaugural Address
January 20, 1981
Ronald Reagan
State of the Union Address (1982)
January 26, 1982
Ronald Reagan
Speech to the House of Commons
June 08, 1982
Ronald Reagan
Remarks at the Annual Convention of the National A...
March 08, 1983
Ronald Reagan
Farewell Address (Reagan)
January 11, 1989
Ronald Reagan
Parties/Elections
Debate on the Civil Rights Act
Hubert Humphrey
Speech on Truman’s Loyalty Program
June 27, 1947
Chester E. Holifield
Platform of the States Rights Democratic Party
August 14, 1948
States Rights Democratic Party
Whistlestop Speech
September 28, 1948
Harry S. Truman
Campaign Speech in St. Louis, Missouri
October 30, 1948
Harry S. Truman
Debate on repeal of the 21-day rule
January 03, 1951
United States House of Representatives
The President’s News Conference of June 29, 1950
June 29, 1950
Harry S. Truman
Memorandum Regarding Relations with Pendergast Mac...
January 10, 1952
Harry S. Truman
"Checkers" Speech in Los Angeles, CA
September 23, 1952
Richard Nixon
“The Presidency in 1960” (Remarks at the National...
January 14, 1960
John F. Kennedy
The Port Huron Statement
December 31, 1962
Students for a Democratic Society
Great Society Speech
May 22, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
Acceptance Speech
July 16, 1964
Barry Goldwater
Acceptance Speech at the Republican National Conve...
July 17, 1964
Barry Goldwater
Voting Rights Act of 1965
August 06, 1965
Ten Point Program
May 15, 1967
Bobby Seale
Speech at Madison Square Garden
October 24, 1968
George Wallace
Mandate for Reform on Party Structure and Delegate...
September 22, 1971
McGovern–Fraser Commission
McGovern–Fraser Commission Report
1971
McGovern–Fraser Commission
Buckley v. Valeo
January 30, 1976
Per Curiam
Statement on the Electoral College
June 27, 1979
Patrick Moynihan
Acceptance Speech at 1980 Republican Convention
July 17, 1980
Ronald Reagan
First Inaugural Address
January 20, 1981
Ronald Reagan
Remarks at the Annual Convention of the National A...
March 08, 1983
Ronald Reagan
The Rainbow Coalition, Speech to the Democratic Na...
July 18, 1984
Jesse Jackson
Farewell Address (Reagan)
January 11, 1989
Ronald Reagan
Speech to the Republican National Convention (1992...
August 17, 1992
Ronald Reagan
Internal Security
Chapter 25: Internal Security and Civil Liberties
Statement by the President on the Government’s Emp...
November 14, 1947
Harry S. Truman
Speech on Truman’s Loyalty Program
June 27, 1947
Chester E. Holifield
Speech on the Marshall Plan
December 04, 1947
Charles W. Vursell
Speech on the Veto of the Internal Security Act
September 23, 1950
Harry S. Truman
Executive Order 9835
March 21, 1947
Harry S. Truman
“European Initiative Essential to Economic Recover...
June 05, 1947
George C. Marshall
Address to the League of Women Voters, Wheeling, W...
February 09, 1950
Joseph McCarthy
Address to the League of Women Voters, Wheeling, W...
February 09, 1950
Joseph McCarthy
United States Objectives and Programs for National...
April 7, 1950
National Security Council
The Internal Security Act
September 20, 1950
United States Congress
Sentencing of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
April 05, 1951
Irving Kaufman
Organized Evacuation of Civilian Populations in Ci...
June 12, 1952
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Statement of Policy by the National Security Counc...
October 30, 1953
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Testimony before the House Committee on Un-America...
December 03, 1953
Robert E. Treuhaft
National Security Council Directive, NSC 5412/2, C...
December 28, 1955
National Security Council
Farewell Address (1961)
January 17, 1961
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School...
February 24, 1969
Abe Fortas
Transcript of David Frost’s Interview with Richar...
1977
Richard Nixon
First Inaugural Address (1981)
January 20, 1981
Ronald Reagan
Address to the Nation on Defense and National Secu...
March 23, 1983
Ronald Reagan
Military
Chapter 24: Containment and the Truman Doctrine
Executive Order 9981
July 26, 1948
Harry S. Truman
Address on the Occasion of the Signing of the Nort...
April 04, 1949
Harry S. Truman
United States Objectives and Programs for National...
April 7, 1950
National Security Council
Radio and Television Address on the Situation in K...
July 19, 1950
Harry S. Truman
CIA Report on the Likelihood of Soviet or Chinese...
September 27, 1950
Memorandum Regarding October 15 Meeting with MacAr...
November 25, 1950
Harry S. Truman
Report to the American People on Korea
April 11, 1951
Harry S. Truman
Address to Congress
April 19, 1951
Douglas MacArthur
Speech on the Constitutionality of Korean War
May 09, 1951
Karl Mundt
Organized Evacuation of Civilian Populations in Ci...
June 12, 1952
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
1952
Robert H. Jackson
Farewell Address to the American People
January 15, 1953
Harry S. Truman
First Inaugural Address (1953)
January 20, 1953
Statement of Policy by the National Security Counc...
October 30, 1953
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Special Message to the Congress on the situation i...
January 05, 1957
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Report to the American People Regarding the Situat...
September 11, 1958
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Farewell Address (1961)
January 17, 1961
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Report to President Kennedy on South Vietnam
November 11, 1961
Dean Rusk
Statement on Cuba
September 04, 1962
John F. Kennedy
Memorandum for Discussion During the Cuban Missile...
October 17, 1962
John F. Kennedy
Record of Meeting During the Cuban Missile Crisis
October 19, 1962
John F. Kennedy
Soviet Reactions to Certain U.S. Courses of Action...
October 19, 1962
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Notes on Meeting with President Kennedy During the...
October 21, 1962
John F. Kennedy
Proclamation 3504 (authorizing the naval quarantin...
October 23, 1962
John F. Kennedy
Limited Test Ban Treaty
August 05, 1963
United States Senate
Special Message to the Congress on U.S. Policy in...
August 05, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
President’s Message to Congress
August 05, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
"Peace Without Conquest"
April 07, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
A Compromise Solution For South Vietnam
July 01, 1965
George Ball
Cutting Our Losses in South Viet-nam
1965
George Ball
In the Event of a Moon Disaster: "The Safire Memo"
July 18, 1969
Bill Safire
Address on the Vietnam War
November 03, 1969
Richard Nixon
Telephone Conversation about Chile
September 14, 1970
Henry Kissinger
New York Times Co. v. United States
June 30, 1971
Byron R. White
Second Inaugural Address (1973)
January 20, 1973
Richard Nixon
Address to the Nation Announcing Conclusion of an...
January 23, 1973
Richard Nixon
The Paris Accords
January 27, 1973
Richard Nixon
The War Powers Resolution and President Richard Ni...
October 24, 1973
Congress
President Carter's News Conference
November 28, 1979
Jimmy Carter
Address to the Nation on the Rescue Attempt for Am...
April 25, 1980
Jimmy Carter
Remarks at a Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniv...
June 06, 1984
Ronald Reagan
Second Inaugural Address (1985)
January 21, 1985
Ronald Reagan
Speech to the Republican National Convention (1992...
August 17, 1992
Ronald Reagan
Civil Rights
Chapter 26: The Civil Rights Act, 1964
Debate on the Civil Rights Act
Hubert Humphrey
Civil Rights Act of 1957
1957
Civil Rights Act of 1960
May 06, 1960
Nonviolence: The Only Road to Freedom
October, 1966
Martin Luther King
President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights
December, 1947
Harry S. Truman
Executive Order 9981
July 26, 1948
Harry S. Truman
Letter to Ernest W. Roberts
August 18, 1948
Harry S. Truman
Address in Harlem
October 29, 1948
Harry S. Truman
Declaration of Conscience
June 01, 1950
Margaret Chase Smith
The Negro in American Life (Guidance for the Voice...
February 05, 1952
United States State Department
Beauharnais v. Illinois
April 28, 1952
Felix Frankfurter
Brown v. Board of Education
May 16, 1954
Earl Warren
The Justices' View on Brown v. Board of Education
May 17, 1954
Felix Frankfurter
Brown v. Board of Education
May 17, 1954
Earl Warren
Southern Manifesto
March 12, 1956
Howard Smith
Roth v. US
June 24, 1957
National Association for the Advancement of Colore...
June 30, 1958
John M. Harlan
Statement of Purpose
April 17, 1960
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Executive Order 10925
March 06, 1961
John F. Kennedy
Engel v. Vitale
June 25, 1962
Hugo L. Black
Can a Christian Be a Communist?
September 30, 1962
Martin Luther King
The Port Huron Statement
December 31, 1962
Students for a Democratic Society
Birmingham Manifesto
April 03, 1963
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Birmingham Manifesto
April 03, 1963
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Letter to Martin Luther King
April 12, 1963
A Group of Clergy Men
Radio and Television Report to the American People...
June 11, 1963
John F. Kennedy
Debates over the Civil Rights Act of 1964
March 18, 1964
Hubert Humphrey
Letter from Birmingham Jail
June 12, 1963
Martin Luther King
I Have A Dream
August 28, 1963
Martin Luther King
What These Children Are Like
September, 1963
Ralph Ellison
A Summing Up: Louis Lomax interviews Malcolm X
1963
Malcolm X
New York Times Company v. Sullivan
March 09, 1964
William J. Brennan Jr.
The Ballot or the Bullet
April 03, 1964
Malcolm X
"Great Society" Speech
May 22, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
Reynolds v. Sims
June 15, 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1964
July 02, 1964
We’re On Our Way
September, 1964
Fannie Lou Hamer
Participating in the Struggle of America
September 31, 1964
Rev. Joseph H. Jackson
We’re On Our Way
September, 1964
Fannie Lou Hamer
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
December 14, 1964
Tom C. Clark
Malcolm X At the Audubon Ballroom
December 20, 1964
Malcolm X
From Protest to Politics: The Future of the Civil...
February 01, 1965
Bayard Rustin
The Negro Family: The Case for National Action
March 31, 1965
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
To Fulfill These Rights: Commencement Address at H...
June 04, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
Commencement Address at Howard University: "To Ful...
June 04, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
To Fulfill These Rights, Commencement Address at H...
June 04, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
Voting Rights Act of 1965
August 06, 1965
Statement on the War in Vietnam
January 06, 1966
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Miranda v. Arizona
June 13, 1966
Ten Point Program
May 15, 1967
Bobby Seale
Loving v. Virginia
June 12, 1967
Earl Warren
Katz v. US
December 18, 1967
Black Power
December 31, 1967
Charles Hamilton
Black Power: The Politics of Liberation
1967
Charles V. Hamilton
Black Power
1967
Charles Hamilton
First Inaugural Address (1969)
January 20, 1969
Richard Nixon
Voluntary Segregation—A Disaster
March 31, 1969
Roy Wilkins
Haverford Statement
May 31, 1969
Ralph Ellison
Brandenburg v. Ohio
June 09, 1969
Per Curiam
What America Would Be Like Without Blacks
April 06, 1970
Ralph Ellison
Griggs v. Duke Power Company
March 08, 1971
Warren E. Burger
Cohen v. California
June 07, 1971
Harry A. Blackmun
McGovern–Fraser Commission Report
1971
McGovern–Fraser Commission
Branzburg v. Hayes
June 29, 1972
Byron R. White
Roe v. Wade
January 22, 1973
Miller v. California
June 21, 1973
Warren E. Burger
When Does a Black Join the Middle Class?
January 29, 1975
Ralph Ellison
Gregg v. Georgia
July 2, 1976
Human Rights and Foreign Policy
May 22, 1977
Jimmy Carter
Transcript of David Frost’s Interview with Richar...
1977
Richard Nixon
University of California Regents v. Bakke
June 26, 1978
Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foun...
July 03, 1978
John Paul Stevens
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation v. P...
June 20, 1980
Harry A. Blackmun
Fullilove v. Klutznick
July 2, 1980
John Paul Stevens
Bethel School District v. Fraser
July 07, 1986
John Paul Stevens
Texas v. Johnson
June 21, 1989
William H. Rehnquist
Race
Civil Rights Act of 1960
May 06, 1960
Debate on the Civil Rights Act
Hubert Humphrey
President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights
December, 1947
Harry S. Truman
Executive Order 9981
July 26, 1948
Harry S. Truman
Letter to Ernest W. Roberts
August 18, 1948
Harry S. Truman
Address in Harlem
October 29, 1948
Harry S. Truman
The Negro in American Life (Guidance for the Voice...
February 05, 1952
United States State Department
The Negro in American Life (Guidance for the Voice...
February 05, 1952
Beauharnais v. Illinois
April 28, 1952
Felix Frankfurter
Brown v. Board of Education
May 16, 1954
Earl Warren
The Justices' View on Brown v. Board of Education
May 17, 1954
Felix Frankfurter
Brown v. Board of Education
May 17, 1954
Earl Warren
Southern Manifesto
March 12, 1956
Howard Smith
National Association for the Advancement of Colore...
June 30, 1958
John M. Harlan
Statement of Purpose
April 17, 1960
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Executive Order 10925
March 06, 1961
John F. Kennedy
Can a Christian Be a Communist?
September 30, 1962
Martin Luther King
The Port Huron Statement
December 31, 1962
Students for a Democratic Society
Birmingham Manifesto
April 03, 1963
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Birmingham Manifesto
April 03, 1963
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Letter to Martin Luther King
April 12, 1963
A Group of Clergy Men
Debates over the Civil Rights Act of 1964
March 18, 1964
Hubert Humphrey
I Have A Dream
August 28, 1963
Martin Luther King
A Summing Up: Louis Lomax interviews Malcolm X
1963
Malcolm X
New York Times Company v. Sullivan
March 09, 1964
William J. Brennan Jr.
The Ballot or the Bullet
April 03, 1964
Malcolm X
Reynolds v. Sims
June 15, 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1964
July 02, 1964
We’re On Our Way
September, 1964
Fannie Lou Hamer
Participating in the Struggle of America
September 31, 1964
Rev. Joseph H. Jackson
We’re On Our Way
September, 1964
Fannie Lou Hamer
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
December 14, 1964
Tom C. Clark
First Inaugural Address (1965)
January 20, 1965
From Protest to Politics: The Future of the Civil...
February 01, 1965
Bayard Rustin
The Negro Family: The Case for National Action
March 31, 1965
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
The Negro Family: The Case for National Action
March, 1965
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
To Fulfill These Rights: Commencement Address at H...
June 04, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
To Fulfill These Rights, Commencement Address at H...
June 04, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
Commencement Address at Howard University: "To Ful...
June 04, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
Voting Rights Act of 1965
August 06, 1965
Executive Order No. 11246
September 24, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
Statement on the War in Vietnam
January 06, 1966
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Ten Point Program
May 15, 1967
Bobby Seale
Loving v. Virginia
June 12, 1967
Earl Warren
Black Power: The Politics of Liberation
1967
Charles V. Hamilton
Black Power
December 31, 1967
Charles Hamilton
Black Power
1967
Charles Hamilton
Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civi...
February 29, 1968
National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
Haverford Statement
May 31, 1969
Ralph Ellison
Brandenburg v. Ohio
June 09, 1969
Per Curiam
What America Would Be Like Without Blacks
April 06, 1970
Ralph Ellison
Griggs v. Duke Power Company
March 08, 1971
Warren E. Burger
McGovern–Fraser Commission Report
1971
McGovern–Fraser Commission
When Does a Black Join the Middle Class?
January 29, 1975
Ralph Ellison
Combahee River Collective Statement
April, 1977
Fullilove v. Klutznick
July 2, 1980
John Paul Stevens
The Rainbow Coalition, Speech to the Democratic Na...
July 18, 1984
Jesse Jackson
A Colorblind Society Remains an Aspiration
August 15, 1987
Thurgood Marshall
Labor
ERA Defeated in Florida
"Great Society" Speech
May 22, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
Executive Order No. 11246
September 24, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
Fullilove v. Klutznick
July 2, 1980
John Paul Stevens
First Inaugural Address (1981)
January 20, 1981
Ronald Reagan
Religion
Speech Explaining the Communist Threat
June 02, 1950
Harry S. Truman
Everson v. Board of Education of the Township of E...
February 10, 1947
Hugo L. Black
Zorach v. Clauson
February 1, 1952
Felix Frankfurter
Everson v. Board of Education of the Township of E...
February 10, 1947
Hugo L. Black
Illinois ex rel. McCollum v. Board of Education o...
March 08, 1948
Hugo L. Black
Address in Spokane at Gonzaga University
May 11, 1950
Harry S. Truman
Address in Philadelphia at the Dedication of the C...
February 03, 1951
Harry S. Truman
Sentencing of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
April 05, 1951
Irving Kaufman
Address to the Washington Pilgrimage of American C...
September 28, 1951
Harry S. Truman
Inaugural Address (1961)
January 20, 1961
John F. Kennedy
Engel v. Vitale
June 25, 1962
Hugo L. Black
Engel v. Vitale
June 25, 1962
Hugo L. Black
Birmingham Manifesto
April 03, 1963
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Abington School District v. Schempp
June 17, 1963
Sherbert v. Verner
June 17, 1963
John M. Harlan II
Malcolm X At the Audubon Ballroom
December 20, 1964
Malcolm X
The Catholic Novelist in the Protestant South
1964
Flannery O’Connor
"Peace Without Conquest"
April 07, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
Anti-ERA Demonstration
1975
President Carter's News Conference
November 28, 1979
Jimmy Carter
Relations With Islamic Nations Statement by the Pr...
February 07, 1980
Jimmy Carter
A Christian Manifesto
December 31, 1982
Francis Schaeffer
Remarks at the Annual Convention of the National A...
March 08, 1983
Ronald Reagan
SCOTUS
Civil Rights Act of 1960
May 06, 1960
Zorach v. Clauson
February 1, 1952
Felix Frankfurter
Everson v. Board of Education of the Township of E...
February 10, 1947
Hugo L. Black
Illinois ex rel. McCollum v. Board of Education o...
March 08, 1948
Hugo L. Black
Dennis v. United States
June 04, 1951
Felix Frankfurter
Beauharnais v. Illinois
April 28, 1952
Felix Frankfurter
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
1952
Robert H. Jackson
The Justices' View on Brown v. Board of Education
May 17, 1954
Felix Frankfurter
Engel v. Vitale
June 25, 1962
Hugo L. Black
Engel v. Vitale
June 25, 1962
Hugo L. Black
Sherbert v. Verner
June 17, 1963
John M. Harlan II
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
December 14, 1964
Tom C. Clark
Loving v. Virginia
June 12, 1967
Earl Warren
Brandenburg v. Ohio
June 09, 1969
Per Curiam
Cohen v. California
June 07, 1971
Harry A. Blackmun
New York Times Co. v. United States
June 30, 1971
Byron R. White
Branzburg v. Hayes
June 29, 1972
Byron R. White
Miller v. California
June 21, 1973
Warren E. Burger
Roe v. Wade
1973
Byron R. White
United States v. Nixon
July 24, 1974
Warren E. Burger
Buckley v. Valeo
January 30, 1976
Per Curiam
Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foun...
July 03, 1978
John Paul Stevens
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation v. P...
June 20, 1980
Harry A. Blackmun
Roberts v. United States Jaycees
July 03, 1984
William J. Brennan Jr.
Bethel School District v. Fraser
July 07, 1986
John Paul Stevens
Texas v. Johnson
June 21, 1989
William H. Rehnquist
Domestic Anticommunism/McCarthyism
Chapter 25: Internal Security and Civil Liberties
Statement by the President on the Government’s Emp...
November 14, 1947
Harry S. Truman
Speech on Truman’s Loyalty Program
June 27, 1947
Chester E. Holifield
Speech on the Veto of the Internal Security Act
September 23, 1950
Harry S. Truman
Executive Order 9835
March 21, 1947
Harry S. Truman
First Inaugural Address (1949)
January 20, 1949
Address to the League of Women Voters, Wheeling, W...
February 09, 1950
Joseph McCarthy
Address to the League of Women Voters, Wheeling, W...
February 09, 1950
Joseph McCarthy
Declaration of Conscience
June 01, 1950
Margaret Chase Smith
The Internal Security Act
September 20, 1950
United States Congress
Sentencing of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
April 05, 1951
Irving Kaufman
Dennis v. United States
June 04, 1951
Felix Frankfurter
The Negro in American Life (Guidance for the Voice...
February 05, 1952
United States State Department
Farewell Address to the American People
January 15, 1953
Harry S. Truman
Statement of Policy by the National Security Counc...
October 30, 1953
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Testimony before the House Committee on Un-America...
December 03, 1953
Robert E. Treuhaft
Engel v. Vitale
June 25, 1962
Hugo L. Black
Can a Christian Be a Communist?
September 30, 1962
Martin Luther King
Malcolm X At the Audubon Ballroom
December 20, 1964
Malcolm X
Human Rights and Foreign Policy
May 22, 1977
Jimmy Carter
Transcript of David Frost’s Interview with Richar...
1977
Richard Nixon
A Christian Manifesto
December 31, 1982
Francis Schaeffer
Second Inaugural Address (1985)
January 21, 1985
Ronald Reagan
Farewell Address (Reagan)
January 11, 1989
Ronald Reagan
Speech to the Republican National Convention (1992...
August 17, 1992
Ronald Reagan
Vietnam
Report to President Kennedy on South Vietnam
November 11, 1961
Dean Rusk
President’s Message to Congress
August 05, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
Special Message to the Congress on U.S. Policy in...
August 05, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
Joint Resolution of Congress, H.J. RES 1145 (Gulf...
August 10, 1964
United States Congress
"Peace Without Conquest"
April 07, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
A Compromise Solution For South Vietnam
July 01, 1965
George Ball
Cutting Our Losses in South Viet-nam
1965
George Ball
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School...
February 24, 1969
Abe Fortas
Address on the Vietnam War
November 03, 1969
Richard Nixon
Cohen v. California
June 07, 1971
Harry A. Blackmun
New York Times Co. v. United States
June 30, 1971
Byron R. White
Letter to President Nguyen Van Thieu
January 05, 1973
Richard Nixon
Address to the Nation Announcing Conclusion of an...
January 23, 1973
Richard Nixon
The Paris Accords
January 27, 1973
Richard Nixon
Transcript of David Frost’s Interview with Richar...
1977
Richard Nixon
Congress
Debate on the Civil Rights Act
Hubert Humphrey
Chapter 25: Internal Security and Civil Liberties
Debate on repeal of the 21-day rule
January 03, 1951
United States House of Representatives
Declaration of Conscience
