Are people born free? Do governments give rights to citizens or do citizens give-up some rights in exchange for good government? These are stories about people seeking and achieving their civil rights.
This is the second page of Erle Johnston's internal file memo regarding denial of access to pathologists representing the families of slain civil-righ...
This file memo, written by the director of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, confirms that officials denied autopsy access to a physician ...
Handwritten report of the House and Senate Conference Committee which hammered-out the details of the Missouri Compromise. House members wanted...
Handwritten report of the House and Senate Conference Committee which hammered-out the details of the Missouri Compromise. House members wanted Missou...
Handwritten report of the House and Senate Conference Committee which hammered-out the details of the Missouri Compromise. House members wanted Missou...
This is the cover of Elizabeth Packard's book, Modern Persecution (Volume II), published in 1873. It depicts the physician who admitted Elizabet...
Supporting the efforts of women to gain more rights in America, and the concepts set forth in the Declaration of Sentiments, the National Reformer pub...
The House passed the Missouri Compromise - no slavery in Louisiana-Purchase lands except for Missouri - by a vote of 134 to 42. Click on the image to...
Image of a "Notice of Sale" for slaves from an arriving ship.
This translation of Erhard Wetzel's letter to Heinrich Lohse - dated October 25, 1941 - was prepared by the Allies for use at the end of World W...
During the 1930s, the federal government hired writers to obtain the oral histories of former slaves. Charley Williams was one of those intervie...
Image depicting page 28 from the book, Olaudah Equiano: The Interesting Narrative.
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