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A collection of essays which analyze and explore various aspects of the United States Constitution.

Presents over one hundred newspaper and magazine articles and book excerpts that chronicle the Civil Rights movement from 1941 to 1963, and includes a chronology, journalist biographies, and photographs.

Presents twenty-two documents from the Protestant Reformation by Martin Luther, John Calvin, Huldrych Zwingli, the Anabaptists, and leaders in the English Reformation.

Presents a selection of writings by orator and abolitionist Frederick Douglass, including three autobiographies in which he describes his early life as a slave and his escape to freedom in 1838, as well as speeches, letters, and other writings on personal and political topics.

Provides actual documents from the Salem Witch Trials, including transcripts of the examinations of suspected witches, eyewitness accounts, and the testimony of those who were accussed of satanic acts.

An overview of the Tet Offensive of 1968, with primary documents that offer additional understanding of this critical event in the Vietnam War.

A collection of documents from public and private collections covering Churchill's participation in World War II as First Lord of the Admiralty through May, 1940, when he became Prime Minister.

Contains transcripts of speeches by African-Americans related to the struggles for racial equality and civil rights, all recorded at live events, including presentations by Malcolm X, Ossie Davis, Martin Luther King Jr., Bobby Seale, Shirley Chisholm, Toni Morrison, Condoleezza Rice, and others, and features audio excerpts on CD.