Civil and Political Rights

Introduction to Civil and Political Rights...295
Dred Scott v. Sanford...296
Women's Disabilities Removal Bill...300
Plessy v. Ferguson...304
Lynch Law in America...308
The Birth of a Nation...311
The Causes of the Chicago Race Riot...314
The Social Equality of Whites and Blacks...319
American Women Enfranchised...322
Man Buying Tickets at Black Entrance to Theater...325
Executive Order 9981...328
Rosa Parks Is Fingerprinted by Police...330
Newton Girl Jailed in Mississippi with Eight Freedom Fighters...333
"I Have a Dream"...336
Civil Rights Act of 1964...339
Voting Rights Act of 1965...343
City of Memphis v. Martin Luther King, Jr...345
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid...348
Mourners Surround the Coffin of Black Leader Steve Biko...353
Nelson Mandela's Second Court Statement...355
Tiananmen Square Protest...360
Secretary of State's Morning Summary for June 5 and 6, 1989...362
Tiananmen Square Declaration of Human Rights...365
Appeal for Action to Stop Repression and Trials in South Africa...367
Afghan Women Approach a Voting Station...371

Introduction to Civil and Political Rights...95

PRIMARY SOURCES

Dred Scott v. Sanford
    Roger B. Taney, 1856...296

Women's Disabilities Removal Bill
    John Bright, 1889...300

Plessy v. Ferguson
    U.S. Supreme Court, 1896...304

Lynch Law in America
    Ida B. Wells-Barnett, 1900...308

The Birth of a Nation
    D.W. Griffith, 1915...311

The Causes of the Chicago Race Riot
    Walter F. White, 1919...314

The Social Equality of Whites and Blacks
    W.E.B. Du Bois, 1920...319

American Women Enfranchised
    International Woman Suffrage Alliance, 1920...322

Man Buying Tickets at Black Entrance to Theater
    Eudora Welty, 1935...325

Executive Order 9981
    President Harry S. Truman, 1948...328

Rosa Parks is Fingerprinted by Police
    Gene Herrick, 1956...330

Newton Girl Jailed in Mississippi with Eight Freedom Fighters
    Anonymous, 1961...333

"I Have a Dream"
    Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963...336

Civil Rights Act of 1964
    Everett Dirksen, 1964...339

Voting Rights Act of 1965
    Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965...343

City of Memphis v. Martin Luther King, Jr
    City of Memphis, 1968...345

International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid
    United Nations General Assembly, 1973...348

Mourners Surround the Coffin of Black Leader Steve Biko
    The Associated Press, 1977...353

Nelson Mandela's Second Court Statement
    Nelson Mandela, 1964...355

Tiananmen Square protest
    Jeff Widener, 1989...360

Secretary of State's Morning Summary for June 5 and 6, 1989
    James A. Baker III, 1989...362

Tiananmen Square Declaration of Human Rights
    Anonymous, 1989...365

Appeal for Action to Stop Repression and Trials in South Africa
    Oliver Reginald Tambo, 1963...367

Afghan Women Approach a Voting Station
    Teru Kuwayama, 2004...371