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Defining Documents in American History: Liberalism

Table of Contents

Volume 1



Publisher’s Note


Editor’s Introduction


Contributors


Full Table of Contents


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



Full Table of Contents


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