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Collection Item

Typed letter signed

22 June 1901

Jackson, Giles B., 1853-1924

to R. C. Burrow

Seeks information for the Negro Business League's attempt to document African-Americans who meet Virginia's voting requirements. Explains that "The Negro Business League of Va. is endeavoring to...assist the constitutional convention in deriving at...

GLC08907

Collection Item

1799/01/10

Smith, Samuel Harrison, 1772-1845

The universal gazette. [Vol. I no. 61 (January 10, 1799)]

Reports a resolution passed by the Virginia legislation labeling the alien and sedition acts unconstitutional. Recounts activities in Congress relating to the quasi war with France and part of a debate in the House of Representatives. Contains...

GLC08787

Video

The Legal Battle for Racial Equality, 1787–1954

Government and Civics

What does the Constitution say about racial equality? Larry Kramer, Dean at Stanford Law School, explains the role of the Reconstruction amendments and the challenges faced by the Supreme Court in shaping Civil Rights legislation in...

Lesson Plan

The Great Awakening

Religion and Philosophy

5, 6, 7, 8

Historical Background The most important religious development in colonial America was the introduction of religious revivals known as the Great Awakening. Religious revivals first appeared in England, Scotland, and Germany, and...

History Now Essay

The Unilateral Declaration of Independence in Southern Rhodesia (later Zimbabwe)

Eliakim Sibanda

Government and Civics, World History

The Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) was the most polarizing event in the colonial history of Zimbabwe. Locally, regionally, and internationally, it sharpened differences of opinion with respect to independence, especially...

Appears in:

61 | The Declaration of Independence and the Origins of Self-Determination in the Modern World Fall 2021