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Defining Documents in American History: Civil Rights (1954–2015)

Table of Contents

Publisher's Note




Editor's Introduction




Contributors




African American Civil Rights




Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) plus Enforcement Decree for Same (1955)




Women's Political Council Documents




Address to the Montgomery Improvement Association




Eisenhower Address on Little Rock




Letter from Magnolia County Jail




Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Constitution




“Letter from Birmingham Jail”




Account of Participation in Sit-ins




Presidential Address on Civil Rights




Address to the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom




“I Have a Dream” Speech




Malcolm X on the Black Revolution




President Johnson's Remarks on Signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964




Testimony of Fannie Lou Hamer before the Credentials Committee of the Democratic National Convention




“Our God is Marching On”




Speech before Congress on Voting Rights




“In Defense of Self-Defense”




Justice Thurgood Marshall's Dissent in the Bakke Case




Women and Equality




Griswold v. Connecticut




National Organization for Women (NOW) Founding Statement




An Act Ending Sex Discrimination in Government Employment




Position Paper regarding the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)




Title IX




Roe v. Wade




Planned Parenthood v. Casey




Women in the Service Implementation Plan




Vice President Joseph Biden on Combating Violence Against Women




Latino Civil Rights




Hernandez v. Texas




“Prayer of the Farm Workers' Struggle”




Proposals Made by High School Students of East Los Angeles




Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974




Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986




Letter of Protest regarding the Treatment of Undocumented Immigrants




Executive Actions on Immigration, 2014




The Gay Rights Movement




Stonewall Riot Leaflet




Statements by the American Psychological Association regarding Homosexuality




ACT UP Founding Document and Speech




Don't Ask, Don't Tell




Lawrence v. Texas




Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act




United States v. Windsor




Excerpts from Obergefell v. Hodges




Native American Rights




Indian Civil Rights Act




Trail of Broken Treaties Position Paper




American Indian Movement—National Operational Goal




President Gerald Ford's Statement on Signing the Indian Self-Determination and Educational Assistance Act of 1975




American Indian Religious Freedom Act




Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act




Appendixes



Chronological List


Web Resources


Bibliography