The Founder’s Library

Civil Rights Era (Coming Soon)

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The Historic Documents in this set cover the Civil Rights Era.  During this period, Americans engaged in important debates over the Constitution’s promise of equality—with the Civil Rights Movement calling on America to live up to its Founding ideals and the constitutional promises of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments.

Selected by

Christopher Brooks

Professor of History, at East Stroudsburg University

Hasan Kwame Jeffries

Associate Professor of History at The Ohio State University

Civil Rights Era (Coming Soon) Documents

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The Constitution