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The Right to Vote, Part 2: Reconstruction and the Jim Crow Era

Government and Civics

The Right to Vote: Part 2 Reconstruction and the Jim Crow Era How did access to the vote evolve during the Reconstruction and Jim Crow eras? Scroll through to view the exhibition (above). Recorded readings of select...

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The Right to Vote, Part 3: Women's Suffrage

Government and Civics

The Right to Vote: Part 3 Women's Suffrage What was the path to the Nineteenth Amendment? Scroll through to view the exhibition (above). Recorded readings of select components in the exhibition are available by clicking ...

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Emily Bingham - "My Old Kentucky Home: The Astonishing Life and Reckoning of an Iconic American Song"

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Emily Bingham serves as an Honors Faculty Fellow at Bellarmine University. Order My Old Kentucky Home at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you for...

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Inside the Vault: Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Voting Rights

Government and Civics

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On May 4, 2023, our curators were joined by Dr. Andrew Robertson (The Graduate Center and Lehman College, CUNY) to discuss materials related to eighteenth- and nineteenth-century voting rights. Dr. Robertson explained how voting...

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Voting Rights and Restrictions in Pre-Emancipation America

Keri Leigh Merritt

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12

Paragraphs > Access this essay as a PDF , including key vocabulary terms and discussion questions, or read the text of the essay below. The concept of “democracy” changed throughout early American history. In...

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Pioneering New Methods to Expand Voting, 1865–1920

Lisa Tetrault

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12

Paragraphs > Access this essay as a PDF , including key vocabulary terms and discussion questions, or read the text of the essay below. A new chapter in voting rights began when the Civil War ended in 1865....

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Jeremi Suri - "Civil War by Other Means: America's Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy"

Geography, Government and Civics

Jeremi Suri is the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and a professor in the Department of History and the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Order Civil War by Other Means...

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Derek LeeBaert - "Unlikely Heroes: Franklin Roosevelt, His Four Lieutenants, and the World They Made"

Geography, Government and Civics, World History

Derek LeeBaert is the Truman Book Award winner and co-founder of the National Museum of the United States Army. Order Unlikely Heroes at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the...

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The Battle to Expand Access to the Ballot from 1920 to 2000

Michael J. Pitts

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9, 10, 11, 12

Paragraphs > Access this essay as a PDF , including key vocabulary terms and discussion questions, or read the text of the essay below. State and local governments have primary responsibility for setting the...

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James Reese Europe

James Reese Europe World War I James Reese Europe, a bandleader in New York City, was an advocate for uniquely Black music. Europe enlisted during World War I and became a lieutenant in the 369th Regiment, known as the Harlem Hellfighters. Image...

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1,584 items

The Right to Vote, Part 2: Reconstruction and the Jim Crow Era

The Right to Vote, Part 3: Women's Suffrage

Emily Bingham - "My Old Kentucky Home: The Astonishing Life and Reckoning of an Iconic American Song"

Inside the Vault: Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Voting Rights

Voting Rights and Restrictions in Pre-Emancipation America

Pioneering New Methods to Expand Voting, 1865–1920

Jeremi Suri - "Civil War by Other Means: America's Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy"

Derek LeeBaert - "Unlikely Heroes: Franklin Roosevelt, His Four Lieutenants, and the World They Made"

The Battle to Expand Access to the Ballot from 1920 to 2000

James Reese Europe

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