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The Real Nat Turner by Dr. Molefi Kete Asante

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), 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)

“Mystery” Poem

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

Sailor Wounds Pageant Spectator Disrespectful to Flag

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

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)

On the Treatment of the Little Rock Nine

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

“I Have Sinned” Speech

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

Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology (Excerpt, page 18)

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

Proclamation 3869

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

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)

New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”

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

The Problem of the West

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin on Lincoln, The Movie and Man- Excerpt

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

Frederick Jackson Turner- Short Biography

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren

Hernandez v. Texas

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

Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton (left to right) lie dead after the gunfight.

OK Corral Inquest Transcript Found in Arizona Jailhouse Store Room

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

Excerpt from Palmer's speech: "The Case Against the Reds"

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

The Liberator Comments on Nat Turner’s Insurrection

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

President Bill Clinton with Albert Gore and Janet Reno, 1993. Courtesy: Library of Congress

Legacy of the Clinton Administration

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

The acquitted defendants in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial reunite with their families.

People v. Zamora

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

Fear of Insurrection: Chapter 12 of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

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)

H.R.14 — 38th Congress (1863-1865)

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

Clinton's Farewell Address

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)

The Confessions of Nat Turner- Excerpt

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

“Now for a Round-Up” by W.A. Rogers. This political cartoon was published in the New York Post following the passing of the 1901 Sedition Act, an updated revival of the original law that targeted Filipinos, Latin Americans, and union organizers.

Sedition Act of 1918

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

The Young Lords Organization

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

Annual Address by Joseph Jackson

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

Timeline of Alexander Graham Bell, 1847-1922 (Excerpts)

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

Abolition/Slavery Timeline

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

The Confessions of William Styron by Yvonne French

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Letter to Dr. Wiggam, circa 1932

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

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)

Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History

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)

Denver’s dean of cattle buyers, Lithuanian-born Robert Lazar Miller, on horseback.

Jewish Pioneers- Article

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

My Favorite Historical Novel by John Demos

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Historical Images

March On Washington

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

Sign Near Tombstone, Arizona. Boot Hill Graveyard

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

Dodge City [Kans.] Peace Commissioners Camillus S. Fly, 1890

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

Earhart's flight started in Oakland, California and made it all the way to Darwin, Australia. She was only 3 stops away from returning to Oakland when she disappeared.

Map of Amelia Earhart’s Final Flight Path

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

Alexander Graham Bell with Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan at the meeting of the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf, July 1894, in Chautauqua, N.Y

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

Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee

Horrid Massacre in Virginia- Composite of scenes of Nat Turner’s rebellion

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Call for Black Homesteaders to Leave for Kansas

Benjamin Singleton- Recruitment of Black Homesteaders, 1878

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

Collections

Scribner's Illustrated Magazine for Girls and Boys

The Magazine that Taught Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Millay How to Write, by Paul Rosta

Multiple Eras, ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

The Place of Good Abode, by Shelby Foote

A Nation of Immigrants, by Bernard Weisberger

ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), Multiple Eras

Children of Darkness, by Stephen B. Oates

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

How The Frontier Shaped The American Character, by Ray Allen Billington