Overview
’		USA History in Brief (Dept. of State Publication)
		Outline of American History (Dept. of State Publication)
’		Toward The City on A Hill: A brief history of the United States (From: Portrait of the USA)
		America's Story from America's Library The Library of Congress presents "Discover the stories of America's past.)
’		About America: Women of Influence (Dept. of State Publication)
’		United States History
		Dept. of State African-American History Homepage
’		American History VOA Special English Download Audio-MP3 and Listen in RealAudio available.
		Spotlight Biography The Smithsonian's virtual center-stage for famous people, who have shaped American history and culture..
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	History of Civil Rights Movement
’		The Civil Rights Movement and the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Dept. of State) A history of the contemporary civil rights movement in the United States, including a chronology of key events, brief biographical information on two centuries of African-American leaders, and excerpts from King's speeches and writings.
’		Martin Luther King: "I Have A Dream" (From: Living Documents of American History )
’		Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr. Was Born  (From: Library of Congress-America's Story)
’		Martin Luther King: "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
’		We Shall Overcome
’		Rosa Parks Was Arrested for Civil Disobedience (From: Library of Congress-America's Story)
’		Theodore S. Wright, “Prejudice Against the Colored Man,”
’		Henry Highland Garnet: An Address To The Slaves Of The United States
’		Frederick Douglass: We Have Decided to Stay Speech delivered to the American Anti-Slavery Society, New York, 9 May 1848
’		Frederick Douglass (From: Library of Congress-America's Story)
’		William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) Du Bois (From: Library of Congress-America's Story)
’		Elizabeth Cady Stanton (From: Library of Congress-America's Story)
’		Harriet Tubman (From: Library of Congress-America's Story)
’		Elijah Parish Lovejoy Was Killed By a Pro-slavery Mob (From: Library of Congress-America's Story)
		Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
’		Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
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	Fundamental Documents
’		Living Documents of American History
’		Declaration of Independence
’		Constitution of the United States of America
’		Bill of Rights (Constitution Amendments I-X)
’		Other Constitution Amendments (XI-XXVII)
’		The Federalist Papers : from Library of Congress
’		Basic Readings in U.S.Democracy
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	Famous Speeches
’		Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents
’		Patrick Henry: "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"
’		Washington's Farewell Address
’		Abraham Lincoln: Gettysburg Address
’		F.D. Roosevelt's "Four Freedom"
’		John F. Kennedy, Address to the Southern Baptist Leaders
’		John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address 1961
’		Martin Luther King Jr: "I Have A Dream"
’		Lyndon B. Johnson, The American Promise
’		Jimmy Carter, Human Rights and Foreign Policy
’		General Douglas MacArthur, A Father Prayer
’		Speeches of Abraham Lincoln
’		Archive of Presidential Speeches
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	U.S. Historical Documents Related Web Sites
’		American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
’		A Chronology of US Historical Documents
’		American History and American Studies
’		Douglass - Archive of American Public Address
’		Historical Documents: Thomas - Legislative Information on the Internet
’		Making of America
’		Federal Government Resources: Historic Documents
’		A Chronology of US Historical Documents
’		Liberty: the American Revolution
’		Timeline of the National Museum of American History
’		University Rutgers' List of Historical Resources
’		Words and Deeds in American History
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