Historical Documents

Michigan Civil Rights Initiative 2006
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)
Sierra Maestra Manifesto
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
SVREP logo
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 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)
Civil Rights Act (1964)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Original Supreme Court documentation of Brown v. Board
Brown v. Board of Education 1954
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Tierra Amarilla Land Grant and Courthouse Raid
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren
Hernandez v. Texas
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Picture of OAS's fifty-second Assembly in Lima, Peru
Organization of American States (OAS) Charter
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
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)
Executive Order 10925
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Stop forced sterilization poster/image
Madrigal v. Quilligan
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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)
Young Lords members with a sign
The Young Lords Organization
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Temporary Protection Status (TPS)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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)
Picture of Cesar Chavez
1984 Commonwealth Club Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Pro-DACA Protestors
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
El Plan Espiritual de Aztlan (Spiritual Plan of Aztlan)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Picture of Ernesto Miranda
Miranda v. Arizona
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
President Reagan signing the Immigration Reform and Control Act
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
United States v. Paradise 1987
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Cesar Chavez holding a NFWA sign
National Farm Workers Association
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Picture of the Proclamation
Proclamation 3869
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Page 1. of the Emancipation Act D.C.
District of Columbia Emancipation Act 1862
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
President Johnson signing the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Jovita Idar, shown in this picture, and her family helped organize this event
Meeting of the Mexicanist Congress
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
National Chicano Moratorium sign
National Chicano Moratorium
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
1901 Supreme Court
Downes v. Bidwell
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Mexican agricultural laborer top sugar beets near Stockton, California.
Bracero Program
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)
Puerto Ricans rally for civil rights outside City Hall in New York City.
Katzenbach v. Morgan
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Original document of Voting Rights Act to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment
Voting Rights Act 1965
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
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)
The Plan of San Diego
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Newspaper documenting the court case
Botiller v. Dominguez
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Reconstruction Amendments 1865-1870
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Young Mexican men stand outside a jail in Los Angeles, California, after police arrested them during the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots.
Zoot Suit Riots
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Executive Order 9346
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Children from different ethnic background pledging allegiance to the U.S. flag
Plyler v. Doe
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Latino Students Protesting Proposition 187
California's Proposition 187
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 mother and daughter sit outside the Supreme Court
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Arizona v. United States
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
"Help the Guatemalans!" poster
American Baptist Churches v. Thornburgh
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Original Document of Former President Roosevelts Executive order 8802
Executive Order 8802
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)

Historical Images

Man waiting in the colored-waiting room bus station in Durham, NC.
Jim Crow Era: Durham NC
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Dyer Anti-Lynching bill and the Congressmen who voted against it.
Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill 1922
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)