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Defining Documents in American History: Liberalism

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Volume 1

Publisher’s Note

Editor’s Introduction

Contributors

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Progressive Era Liberalism

Theodore Roosevelt on Corporate Trusts

“Child Labor and Other Dangers of Childhood”

Robert La Follette on Amending the National Banking Laws

Editorial on the Supreme Court Ruling in the Danbury Hatters’ Case

Muller v. Oregon

From The Promise of American Life

Progressive Party Platform

The “New Freedom”

Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Clayton Act

President Woodrow Wilson’s Second Inaugural Address

Covenant of the League of Nations

“What Modern Liberty Means”

“Labor Will Not Be Outlawed or Enslaved”

Louis D. Brandeis’s Dissent in Olmstead v. United States

Liberalism Writ Large: The New Deal and After

Radio Address on “The Forgotten Man”

Franklin D. Roosevelt on Government’s Role in the Economy

Auto Workers Strike

Fireside Chat Outlining the New Deal

An Open Letter to President Roosevelt

President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Social Security

Fair Labor Standards Act

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938

“The Century of the Common Man”

From The Great Transformation

Speech on the Marshall Plan

“Not Left, Not Right, But a Vital Center”

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

President Harry Truman’s Address at Second Inauguration

Core Liberalism: Civil Rights

“What Does American Democracy Mean to Me?”

Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)

Brown v. Board of Education

Address to the Montgomery Improvement Association

Cooper v. Aaron

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Constitution

“Letter from Birmingham Jail”

“I Have a Dream”

Civil Rights Act of 1964

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

Plyler v. Doe

César Chávez’s Commonwealth Address

Jesse Jackson’s “Rainbow Coalition” Address at the 1984 Democratic National Convention

Black Lives Matter

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Polling Place Accessibility Checklist

The Core and More: Women’s and LGBTQ+ Rights

Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

“What Ten Million Women Want”

Equal Pay Act of 1963

Griswold v. Connecticut

National Organization for Women (NOW) Founding Statement

An Act Ending Sex Discrimination in Government Employment

Stonewall Riot Leaflet

Equal Rights Amendment

Title IX

Roe v. Wade

Geraldine Ferraro’s Acceptance Speech at the Democratic National Convention

Speech on AIDS at the 1992 Democratic Convention

Lawrence v. Texas

Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act

United States v. Windsor

Obergefell v. Hodges

Volume 2

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Great Society Liberalism: the 1960s and 1970s

“The New Frontier”

“Ask Not What Your Country Can Do for You”

EO 10924: Establishment of the Peace Corps

Baker v. Carr

Port Huron Statement

Engel v. Vitale

Gideon v. Wainwright

“Ich bin ein Berliner”

New York Times Co. v. Sullivan

Proposal for a Nationwide War on the Sources of Poverty

“The Great Society”

Reynolds v. Sims

“The American Promise”

President’s Remarks on the Launching of Project Head Start

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Miranda v. Arizona

“Day of Affirmation” Address at Cape Town University

Senator Eugene McCarthy’s Announcement of Presidential Run

New York Times Co. v. United States

George McGovern’s Acceptance Speech at the 1972 Democratic National Convention

Response to the Passing of UN Resolution 3379

Barbara Jordan’s Keynote Address at the 1976 Democratic National Convention

President Jimmy Carter’s Inaugural Address

Justice Thurgood Marshall’s Dissent in the Bakke Case

Jimmy Carter’s Second State of the Union Address

Liberalism and the Environment

From Silent Spring

On the Establishment of the EPA and NOAA

Clean Water Act

Marine Mammal Protection Act

Endangered Species Act

Al Gore’s Address to the Kyoto Climate Change Conference

Summary of Letter Requesting Further Review of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and Memorandum Opinion Regarding Vacatur

The New Era: Neoliberalism and Its Critics

Mario Cuomo’s Keynote Speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention

Ann Richards’s Keynote Address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Bill Clinton’s Democratic Presidential Nominee Acceptance Speech

Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (PRWORA)

City of Boerne v. Flores

Sarbanes-Oxley Act

“The Emperor Has No Clothes”

“A More Perfect Union”

Address on NATO’s New Strategic Concept

Nancy Pelosi’s Floor Speech on Health Care Reform Bill

Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act—A Synopsis

Dream Act of 2010—Bill Summary

National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius

Executive Actions on Immigration, 2014

Vice President Joe Biden on Combating Violence against Women

Hillary Clinton’s Acceptance Speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention

Angela Davis at the Women’s March on Washington

Opening Statement on Slavery Reparations before the House Judiciary Committee

Biden-Harris Campaign Victory Speech

“A Foreign Policy for the American People”

“Is Liberal Democracy Being Undone by Liberalism?”

Juneteenth National Independence Day Act—Remarks by President Joe Biden

Remarks by President Joe Biden One Year after the January 6 Assault on the U.S. Capitol

On Elections and a Trump Economy

Michelle Obama’s Speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention

Bernie Sanders’s Response to President Trump’s Address to Congress

Appendixes

Chronological List

Web Resources

Bibliography

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