Kids learn about the history of the Disability Rights Movement including the Architectural Barriers Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and famous disabled people on this site.

Kids learn about the history of the African-American Civil Rights Movement including segregation, Jim Crow laws, protests, Martin Luther King, and the passage of the Civil Rights Act on this site.

For a president, civil rights proved to be a controversial and sensitive issue. During his time in office, President Kennedy had a mixed record on civil rights. He called for stronger civil rights laws yet moved slowly for fear of...

A site investigating the history of Native American Rights from the Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears to the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968.

William Howard Taft was a disappointment to the progressive-minded Theodore Roosevelt. Read about how he tried to be the Republican Party candidate in 1912, and when that failed, he started a third party, the platform of which was filled...

This site from the University of Groningen provides a synopsis chronologically written on the ratification of the U.S. Constitution beginning with the first states who accepted the document to pressures exerted by the Federalists to...

An outstanding interactive graphic that allows you to explore many aspects of the Supreme Court. You may view historic cases and how specific justices voted, research the opinions, rulings and background of John Roberts, and delve into...

A collection of one hundred documents that are significant in shaping the history of the United States, beginning with the Lee Resolution of June 7, 1776, and ending with the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

One of the most famous events in Civil Rights history, this report covers the Selma to Montgomery March for voting rights.

Explore the biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton a leader of the women's suffrage movement she wrote the Declaration of Sentiments and fought for women's rights on this site.

Read about the use of the filibuster in the U.S. Senate as a way to control legislation.In the discussion of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the longest filibuster in history was launched as a way to keep the legislation from coming to a...

This two-part feature on African American history offers an in-depth look at the events of the 1960's civil rights movement. Discusses voting rights, laws, military segregation, freedom rides, sit-ins and the NAACP. Includes historic...

Extensive descriptions of all facets of the Athenian Assembly - membership, freedom of speech, exclusion, payment, meeting places, schedule of meetings, the conduct of the meetings, voting, foreign affairs, and their decision making in...

This lesson may be used to introduce students to the system of primaries and caucuses by which candidates for U.S. president are nominated by their parties. After completing this lesson, students will understand the process by which...

This lesson may be used to introduce students to the system of primaries and caucuses by which candidates for U.S. president are nominated by their parties. After completing this lesson, students will understand the process by which...

Article on equal rights and the series of events leading to the passage of the 15th Amendment. Includes questions for discussion and an activity in which students re-create the Voting Rights Convention.

Discusses the events that led to women securing the right to vote with the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about civics and why it is important for Americans to know about their country's history. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

North Carolinians have lived under three state constitutions - the Constitution of 1776, the Constitution of 1868, and the Constitution of 1971. In general, each constitution expanded the rights and privileges of the citizenry as well as...

Lyndon B. Johnson ascended to the presidency after the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963. With a year to go until the election of 1964, LBJ appropriated Kennedy's "New Frontier" and transformed this agenda into his "Great Society."

A narrative account of Freedom Summer and the murders of 3 Mississippi black members of CORE because of their support for the Civil Rights Movement.

At this site from The History Place, you can read online Susan B. Anthony's speech given after her arrest for an illegal vote in the presidential election of 1872, she was tried and fined. Read her words and her conviction on the...

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Brief, yet comprehensive, summary of the Civil Rights movement from 1960 until 1980. Includes civil rights policies of presidents Kennedy through Nixon.