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Modern US History 1945-1979: Primary Documents to Read 

Below you will find links to digital exerpts or full text primary documents and supporting texts to read and to consider as you develop your lessons. For studnets, this is a great place to access a digital copy of the texts for assignments or projects. 

 
I Have a Dream
Martin Luther, Jr.  
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Modern US History 1945-1979: Primary Documents to Consider 

 

The Great SIlent Majority 
Richard Nixon 
Civil Rights 
Act of 1964
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Roots
by Alex Haley
 The Autobiography of Malcom X
Excerpts from Feminine Mystic
by Betty Friedan
Excerpts from Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson
The Ballot or the Bullet Speech
Malcom X
24th Amendment
Civil Rights
Act of 1968
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Speeches and Writings of Cesar Chavez

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