Tragedies and Triumphs Documents

This image depicts LBJ's daily diary for March 31, 1968 - the day he announced to the American people that he would not seek, and would not accept, th...

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 ...

This is the cover of Elizabeth Packard's book, Modern Persecution (Volume II), published in 1873.  It depicts the physician who admitted Elizabet...

Image of a Presidential Proclamation for National Navajo Code Talkers Day, signed by President Ronald Reagan on July 28, 1982. Click on the image for...

"Pioneer" regiments, at about the time of World War I, were regiments of African-American soldiers required to perform heavy labor.  Instead of t...

This article was published in the Omaha Bee on March 3, 1895 (following the sudden death of Frederick Douglass).  It is entitled, "A Reminiscence...

News article online, courtesy Library of Congress. Click on the image for a better view.

News article, reporting the death of Frederick Douglass, is maintained by the Library of Congress. Click on the image for a better view.