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Michigan State University: Letter From Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
This site will let you hear from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in his own words in a letter written from a Birmingham jail cell in April of 1963. In this letter, Dr. King defends himself against accusations that he is an "outsider" and...
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Michigan State University: Port Huron Statement: Students for a Democratic Society

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of the Port Huron Statement of the Students for a Democratic Society, 1962.
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Michigan State University: American Revolution: Supply Problems Plague Continental Army

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the Continental Army's struggles with supply shortages throughout the Revolutionary War. Explains the reasons for the shortages, and includes some of George Washington's correspondence from the period.
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Michigan State University: American Revolution: Revolution and State Constitution Making

For Students 9th - 10th
A full-length essay on the formation of new state constitutions by the 13 newly independent states.
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Michigan State University: American Revolution: Rediscovering Britain

For Students 9th - 10th
Article on colonial attitudes toward Britain and their own political and cultural identity.
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Michigan State University: American Revolution: American Revolution as a Constitutional Controversy

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center provides an essay on the issue, circumstances and explanations for the growing radicalism of the Colonists in the years leading up to the constitution.
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Michigan State University: American Revolution: The Wars of the American Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay contends that the American Revolution was not just one war, but several. Mr. Carp from Pacific Lutheran University supports his ideas in a very clear manner.
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Michigan State University: American Revolution: The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
In a nutshell, you can find out the problems the new nation had under the Articles of Confederation and the process resulted in a new constitution.
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Michigan State University: America Revolution: The First Rhode Island Regiment

For Students 9th - 10th
Information not only about the First Rhode Island Regiment, a group made up almost entirely of freed slaves, but also a look at the change in the attitude of enlisting African Americans into the Continental Army as the Revolutionary War...
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Michigan State University: Condensed Matter Physics/cluster Science Collaboration

For Students 9th - 10th
Molecular dynamics simulations are performed on aggregates or groups of atoms. A large number of movies of these computer simulations are contained in this website.
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Michigan State University: Cluster Science Collaboration: The Nanotube Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Very complete information on carbon nanotubes, a type of fullerene. Several videos and movies give excellent background on the subject.
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Michigan State University: Cluster Science Collaboration: Use of Carbon Nanotubes in Space

For Students 9th - 10th
A very complete overview of research into carbon nanotubes and a description of what they are, how to make them, and their potential uses.
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Michigan State University: United States History Since 1920: Truman Loyalty Oath, 1947

For Students 9th - 10th
In March, 1947, President Truman issued an executive order requiring that all Federal employees take a loyalty oath swearing loyalty to the United States. This was a time of fear of Communists and the Soviet Union. Read the entire...
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Michigan State University: Map of Afghanistan 2001

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed 2001 political map of Afghanistan including the edges of surrounding countries.
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Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: American Radicalism

For Students 9th - 10th
The American Radicalism Collection holds over 17,000 items. It includes books, pamphlets, periodicals, posters, and ephemeral material covering a wide range of viewpoints on political, social, and economic issues in America. The emphasis...
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Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: American Indian Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
A document on native people's movements can be downloaded here. It contains a National Alliance for Red Power (NARP) newsletter from June/July 1969, that was published in Vancouver, British Columbia. This is followed by materials from...
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Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: Asian America

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of primary source documents and books that detail the racial discrimination Chinese and Japanese immigrants faced in the U.S. during America's involvement in the Second World War. One report from 1877 looks at Chinese...
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Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: i.w.w.

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source documents related to the Industrial Workers of the World, a labor union that grew out of the effects of industrialization on the workforce. All materials can be downloaded.
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Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Students for a Democratic Society

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source documents and texts related to the Students For a Democratic Society movement, a student protest group in the 1960s. All materials can be downloaded.
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Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: Birth Control

For Students 9th - 10th
Five books by Margaret Sanger, a well-known sex educator, nurse and proponent of birth control. These books were published between 1917 and 1923.
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Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: Black Panthers

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source documents related to the Black Panthers movement, a radical group that originated as a response to unchecked police brutality against blacks in the U.S. All materials can be downloaded.
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Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: Hollywood Ten

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source documents related to the Hollywood Ten, a group of writers, directors, and producers who were blacklisted for purported un-American activities and ties to Communism. All materials can be downloaded.
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Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: Ku Klux Klan

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source documents and texts related to the beliefs, practices, and activities of the Ku Klux Klan in the early decades of the 20th century. Included are some materials on women in the KKK. All materials can be downloaded.
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Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: Rosenberg Case

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source documents related to the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were charged with conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union, by passing on the secret of how to construct the atomic bomb. They were convicted and...