[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read letter from Attorney General Robert Kennedy to President John F. Kennedy concerning civil rights and answer questions about comprehension, author's viewpoint, main idea, vocabulary, and...

The Ontario Justice Education Network provides excellent resources for teaching about Canada's legal system. Programs range from Grade 4 up. Examples include a mock trial with Hansel and Gretel, a look at court artists, judge shadowing,...

Beset by labor unrest and strikes after World War II, President Truman sent a telegram to the Attorney General advising him to step into the dispute between copper companies and labor unions to avert strikes and lock outs. Read the...

This resource is devoted to protecting digital rights through the expertise of lawyers, policy analysts, activists, and technologists and the website contains press releases, court cases and an action center.

After reading the arugments of each of two lawyers in court, decide who wins.

Learn about the life of William B. Travis, a southern lawyer who died at the battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. Includes a timeline.

The official site for the Henry Clay Estate presents a biography and a timeline of important events in Clay's life. Other topics of interest: Henry Clay the Statesman, the Attorney, the Farmer, Henry Clay and Abraham Lincoln. Click on...

[Free Registration/Login Required] After reading the background information about Attorney General Robert Kennedy's report on civil rights enforcement activities of the Department of Justice in 1962, read the full transcript of the...

Howard University had a direct role in the Brown v Board of Education and has continued its research in the 50 years since working to continue and improve the rulings of the case. This is a free resource providing a collection of court...

Sir William Blackstone, attorney at law, unsuspecting, created quite a stir in England when he began a lecture series in 1758. His delivery may have led to the turning point in the development of colonies in the New World and directly...

A television documentary from Idaho Public Television that recreates the trial of Big Bill Haywood, leader of the Western Federation of Miners, charged with hiring a hit man to kill an Idaho ex-governor. Read about how he was captured,...

This site is produced by an independent, non-profit, non-government organization comprising journalists, lawyers, editors and other media workers, dedicated to examining issues of ethics, accountability, censorship, media freedom and...

While in jail, King responded in a letter written on the margins of a newspaper, because it was the only paper available. King gave the letter to his lawyers, who published what is now known as the famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail."...

Lincoln was surrounded by friends and family. What were those people like? How did they impact his life? Discover the lawyers, the politicians, the members of Congress -- as well as Lincoln's wife and children. Groups who surrounded...

As a lawyer, a congresswoman, and a scholar, Barbara Jordan used her public speaking skills to fight for civil and human rights.

Read and search Chaucer's famous work, "The Canterbury Tales." Text is provided in untranslated Middle English.

A collection of interviews with John Conyers Jr., longest-serving African American in the House of Representatives. The videos may not work but the transcripts are available as well.

An excellent explanation of the Teapot Dome scandal and the ensuing civil and criminal investigations into the fraudulent leases of oil reserves by Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall in the Harding Administration.

This teacher resource fosters learning about the inner workings of the President's Cabinet. Find out how each agency or department must compete for money and support. As the agency chief, you must prepare a presentation for the president...

Full Text of the Freedom of Information Act is revealed in this U.S. Department site.

Short biographies with links to historically significant documents of eight 20th century female activists.

This biography covers the personal life and career of Oklahoma Democrat, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Rhodes Scholar Carl Albert.

Learn about the lives of exemplary people in the public services who discuss how they were able to succeed and achieve their goals.

This resource profiles the political career of Speaker of the House of Representatives Carl Albert. Includes a bibliography of relevant print resources.