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Special St. Augustine Issue
The articles and images in the June 1964 edition of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Newsletter detail the events in St. Augustine that were instrumental in the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The stirring...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: May Morning and New Year's Eve by Eliza Lee Follen
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book May Morning and New Year's Eve by Eliza Lee Follen [1870], a children's novel.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Bertie's New Year" by Lucy Maud Montgomery
This is the text of the short story "Bertie's New Year" by Lucy Maud Montgomery, a story from her Christmas and New Year stories.
PBS
Pbs: New Perspectives on the West: Journey of Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca
Read the incredible story of Cabeza de Vaca in his own words. He tells of his many years-long journey across the South, and writes as an ethnologist about the Native Americans he encounters. A fascinating account!
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Internet Archive: Child Life in the Colonies: New Amsterdam [Pdf]
A book by Virginia Baker that was published in 1907. It tells the story of a Dutch settler child's life 200 years previously. It recounts Henry Hudson's discovery of the Hudson River, which paved the way for the Dutch settlement of New...
Curated OER
History Matters: "One Third of a Nation": Fdr's Second Inaugural Address
Read and listen to Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inaugural address where he points out the problems and progress made in his previous four years. He goes on to lay out his plans for his next term.
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Fdr Cartoon Archive: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Second Inaugural Address
Read Franklin Roosevelt's second inaugural address in which he assesses the previous four years and lays out his plan for the next.
US Army Center
U.s. Army Center of Military History: The War of 1812
A history of the War of 1812, from U.S Army historians. This comprehensive site details the full scope of the war, examining its origins, the opposing sides, early campaigns, strategic intent, the course of the war during its second and...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Rivalry I, American Beginnings: 1492 1690
Eleven documents and two maps detailing the almost two hundred year struggle between England and Spain for hegemony in the Caribbean.
Discovering Egypt
Discovering Egypt: The Woman Who Was King
A brief article describing Queen Hatshepsut's rise to power and her 20-year reign.
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Vicente Fox Elected
A transcripted story on the election of Vicente Fox. He was the first person who wasn't an Institutional Revolutionary Party member to be elected President of Mexico in seventy years.
Curated OER
History Matters: Pedro Naranjo Relates the Pueblo Revolt, 1680
Read about the resistance in 1680 by the New Mexico Pueblo Indians who resisted the Spanish attempts to subjugate them. Find out about the leader, El Pope, who was able to lead the resistance for ten years.
PBS
Pbs: African American World History
Featuring an excerpt from a memoir written by Ruby Bridges telling of her experience as the first African American child to attend an all white elementary school in New Orleans in the year 1960.
Rutgers University
Rutgers Oral History Archive
This archive records the personal experiences of the American men and women who served on the homefront and overseas during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War. Also offers resources on the men and women who...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Perspectives on the French and Indian War
A collection that uses primary sources to explore perspectives on the French and Indian War.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Era of Expansion and Reform
This resource, a speech by Woodrow Wilson to Congress on April 8, 1913, gives a great review of how the United States transformed from from a rural country to an urban one. It includes a review of industrialization, new inventions,...
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Early Canadiana Online: Articles of Capitulation
The Articles of Capitulation outlined the terms of the Canadien surrender to the British. Read the articles as they were written in 1760.
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Franco American Women's Institute: Madeleine De Vercheres
This is an account of Madeleine de Vercheres' actions when her fort was attacked by the Iroquois in New France in 1692. She was fourteen years old at the time.
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