Cold War America
Sinews of Peace (Iron Curtain)
March 05, 1946
Winston Churchill
Inaugural Address
January 20, 1949
Harry S. Truman
Gideon v. Wainwright
March 18, 1963
Speech on the Challenger Disaster
January 28, 1986
Ronald Reagan
Commercial Republic
"Checkers" Speech in Los Angeles, CA
September 23, 1952
Richard Nixon
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer
1952
Robert H. Jackson
The Kitchen Debate
July 25, 1959
Nikita Krushchev
Farewell Address (1961)
January 17, 1961
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The General Market Process
1963
Israel Kirzner
"Great Society" Speech
May 22, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
"A Time for Choosing"
October 27, 1964
Ronald Reagan
Executive Order No. 11246
September 24, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
When Does a Black Join the Middle Class?
January 29, 1975
Ralph Ellison
Human Rights and Foreign Policy
May 22, 1977
Jimmy Carter
Fullilove v. Klutznick
July 2, 1980
John Paul Stevens
Acceptance Speech at 1980 Republican Convention
July 17, 1980
Ronald Reagan
First Inaugural Address (1981)
January 20, 1981
Ronald Reagan
State of the Union Address (1982)
January 26, 1982
Ronald Reagan
Second Inaugural Address (1985)
January 21, 1985
Ronald Reagan
Farewell Address (Reagan)
January 11, 1989
Ronald Reagan
Foreign Policy
Chapter 24: Containment and the Truman Doctrine
Speech on the Marshall Plan
December 04, 1947
Charles W. Vursell
Speech on the Truman Doctrine
March 13, 1947
Henry A. Wallace
Excerpts from Sources of Soviet Conduct
July, 1947
Excerpts from The Cold War
1947
Walter Lippman
Speech Explaining the Communist Threat
June 02, 1950
Harry S. Truman
The Long Telegram
George Kennan
Chapter 23: The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb
Letter to James Byrnes
January 05, 1946
Harry S. Truman
The Long Telegram
February 22, 1946
George Kennan
The Truman Doctrine
March 12, 1947
Harry S. Truman
Letter to Eleanor Roosevelt
March 16, 1948
Harry S. Truman
St. Patrick’s Day Address
March 17, 1948
Harry S. Truman
Observations on China
1948
Arthur Vandenberg
First Inaugural Address (1949)
January 20, 1949
Speech on the Far East
January 12, 1950
Dean Acheson
Speech at Berkeley, California
March 16, 1950
Dean Acheson
Address in Spokane at Gonzaga University
May 11, 1950
Harry S. Truman
CIA Report on the Likelihood of Soviet or Chinese...
September 27, 1950
Excerpt from Broadcast on Radio Peking
October 10, 1950
Report to the American People on Korea
April 11, 1951
Harry S. Truman
The Negro in American Life (Guidance for the Voice...
February 05, 1952
“A Policy of Boldness”
May 19, 1952
John Foster Dulles
Statement on Liberation Policy
January 15, 1953
John Foster Dulles
Farewell Address to the American People
January 15, 1953
Harry S. Truman
First Inaugural Address (1953)
January 20, 1953
Observations on Massive Retaliation
March, 1954
Hans J. Moregenthau
Second Inaugural Address (1957): "The Price of Pea...
January 21, 1957
Farewell Address (1961)
January 17, 1961
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Report to President Kennedy on South Vietnam
November 11, 1961
Dean Rusk
Minutes of the Meeting of the Special Group (Augme...
October 04, 1962
Remarks in the Rudolph Wilde Platz, Berlin
June 26, 1963
John F. Kennedy
Limited Test Ban Treaty
August 05, 1963
United States Senate
President’s Message to Congress
August 05, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
"A Time for Choosing"
October 27, 1964
Ronald Reagan
"Peace Without Conquest"
April 07, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
Cutting Our Losses in South Viet-nam
1965
George Ball
Black Power: The Politics of Liberation
1967
Charles V. Hamilton
Address on the Vietnam War
November 03, 1969
Richard Nixon
Telephone Conversation about Chile
September 14, 1970
Henry Kissinger
Letter to President Nguyen Van Thieu
January 05, 1973
Richard Nixon
Second Inaugural Address (1973)
January 20, 1973
Richard Nixon
The Paris Accords
January 27, 1973
Richard Nixon
Telephone Conversation about Chile
September 16, 1973
Henry Kissinger
On Detente
October, 1973
John Ashbrook
Meeting on Cuba
March 24, 1976
Washington Special Actions Group
Human Rights and Foreign Policy
May 22, 1977
Jimmy Carter
Transcript of David Frost’s Interview with Richar...
1977
Richard Nixon
President Carter's News Conference
November 28, 1979
Jimmy Carter
Acceptance Speech at 1980 Republican Convention
July 17, 1980
Ronald Reagan
First Inaugural Address (1981)
January 20, 1981
Ronald Reagan
State of the Union Address (1982)
January 26, 1982
Ronald Reagan
Speech to the House of Commons
June 08, 1982
Ronald Reagan
Speech At Westminster
June 08, 1982
Ronald Reagan
Second Inaugural Address (1985)
January 21, 1985
Ronald Reagan
Farewell Address (Reagan)
January 11, 1989
Ronald Reagan
Telephone Conversation
November 10, 1989
George H.W. Bush
Presidency
Chapter 25: Internal Security and Civil Liberties
Chapter 24: Containment and the Truman Doctrine
Letter to James Byrnes
January 05, 1946
Harry S. Truman
The Truman Doctrine
March 12, 1947
Harry S. Truman
House Debate on the 22nd Amendment
1947
Chauncey Reed
Whistlestop Speech
September 28, 1948
Harry S. Truman
Campaign Speech in St. Louis, Missouri
October 30, 1948
Harry S. Truman
The President's Duties
February 18, 1952
Harry S. Truman
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer
1952
Robert H. Jackson
Farewell Address to the American People
January 15, 1953
Harry S. Truman
Farewell Address (1961)
January 17, 1961
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Inaugural Address (1961)
January 20, 1961
John F. Kennedy
Statement on Cuba
September 04, 1962
John F. Kennedy
Minutes of the Meeting of the Special Group (Augme...
October 04, 1962
Remarks in the Rudolph Wilde Platz, Berlin
June 26, 1963
John F. Kennedy
Great Society Speech
May 22, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
"Great Society" Speech
May 22, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
Acceptance Speech
July 16, 1964
Barry Goldwater
Speech at Madison Square Garden
October 24, 1968
George Wallace
McGovern–Fraser Commission Report
1971
McGovern–Fraser Commission
United States v. Nixon
July 24, 1974
Warren E. Burger
Transcript of David Frost’s Interview with Richar...
1977
Richard Nixon
Acceptance Speech at 1980 Republican Convention
July 17, 1980
Ronald Reagan
First Inaugural Address (1981)
January 20, 1981
Ronald Reagan
First Inaugural Address
January 20, 1981
Ronald Reagan
State of the Union Address (1982)
January 26, 1982
Ronald Reagan
Speech to the House of Commons
June 08, 1982
Ronald Reagan
Farewell Address (Reagan)
January 11, 1989
Ronald Reagan
Parties/Elections
Speech on Truman’s Loyalty Program
June 27, 1947
Chester E. Holifield
Whistlestop Speech
September 28, 1948
Harry S. Truman
Campaign Speech in St. Louis, Missouri
October 30, 1948
Harry S. Truman
"Checkers" Speech in Los Angeles, CA
September 23, 1952
Richard Nixon
Great Society Speech
May 22, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
Acceptance Speech
July 16, 1964
Barry Goldwater
A Time for Choosing
October 27, 1964
Ronald Reagan
Voting Rights Act of 1965
August 06, 1965
Ten Point Program
May 15, 1967
Bobby Seale
Speech at Madison Square Garden
October 24, 1968
George Wallace
Mandate for Reform
September 22, 1971
McGovern–Fraser Commission
McGovern–Fraser Commission Report
1971
McGovern–Fraser Commission
Buckley v. Valeo
January 30, 1976
Per Curiam
Statement on the Electoral College
June 27, 1979
Patrick Moynihan
Acceptance Speech at 1980 Republican Convention
July 17, 1980
Ronald Reagan
First Inaugural Address
January 20, 1981
Ronald Reagan
Farewell Address (Reagan)
January 11, 1989
Ronald Reagan
Internal Security
Chapter 25: Internal Security and Civil Liberties
Speech on Truman’s Loyalty Program
June 27, 1947
Chester E. Holifield
Speech on the Marshall Plan
December 04, 1947
Charles W. Vursell
Executive Order 9835
March 21, 1947
Harry S. Truman
The Internal Security Act
September 20, 1950
United States Congress
Sentencing of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
April 05, 1951
Irving Kaufman
Farewell Address (1961)
January 17, 1961
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Transcript of David Frost’s Interview with Richar...
1977
Richard Nixon
First Inaugural Address (1981)
January 20, 1981
Ronald Reagan
The Sword and the Robe
May 8, 1981
Thurgood Marshall
Military
Chapter 24: Containment and the Truman Doctrine
Executive Order 9981
July 26, 1948
Harry S. Truman
CIA Report on the Likelihood of Soviet or Chinese...
September 27, 1950
Report to the American People on Korea
April 11, 1951
Harry S. Truman
Address to Congress
April 19, 1951
Douglas MacArthur
Speech on the Constitutionality of Korean War
May 09, 1951
Karl Mundt
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer
1952
Robert H. Jackson
Farewell Address to the American People
January 15, 1953
Harry S. Truman
First Inaugural Address (1953)
January 20, 1953
Farewell Address (1961)
January 17, 1961
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Report to President Kennedy on South Vietnam
November 11, 1961
Dean Rusk
Statement on Cuba
September 04, 1962
John F. Kennedy
Limited Test Ban Treaty
August 05, 1963
United States Senate
President’s Message to Congress
August 05, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
"Peace Without Conquest"
April 07, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
A Compromise Solution For South Vietnam
July 01, 1965
George Ball
Cutting Our Losses in South Viet-nam
1965
George Ball
Address on the Vietnam War
November 03, 1969
Richard Nixon
Telephone Conversation about Chile
September 14, 1970
Henry Kissinger
New York Times Co. v. United States
June 30, 1971
Byron R. White
Second Inaugural Address (1973)
January 20, 1973
Richard Nixon
The Paris Accords
January 27, 1973
Richard Nixon
President Carter's News Conference
November 28, 1979
Jimmy Carter
Second Inaugural Address (1985)
January 21, 1985
Ronald Reagan
Civil Rights
Chapter 26: The Civil Rights Act, 1964
Nonviolence: The Only Road to Freedom
October, 1966
Martin Luther King
Civil Rights Act of 1957
1957
Civil Rights Act of 1960
May 06, 1960
President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights
December, 1947
Harry S. Truman
Executive Order 9981
July 26, 1948
Harry S. Truman
Letter to Ernest W. Roberts
August 18, 1948
Harry S. Truman
Address in Harlem
October 29, 1948
Harry S. Truman
Declaration of Conscience
June 01, 1950
Margaret Chase Smith
Beauharnais v. Illinois
April 28, 1952
Felix Frankfurter
Brown v. Board of Education
May 16, 1954
Earl Warren
Brown v. Board of Education
May 17, 1954
Earl Warren
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
May 17, 1954
Earl Warren
Southern Manifesto
March 12, 1956
Howard Smith
Cooper v. Aaron
September 29, 1958
Per Curiam
Executive Order 10925
March 06, 1961
John F. Kennedy
Engel v. Vitale
June 25, 1962
Hugo L. Black
Can a Christian Be a Communist?
September 30, 1962
Martin Luther King
Birmingham Manifesto
April 03, 1963
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Birmingham Manifesto
April 3, 1963
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Birmingham Manifesto
April 03, 1963
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Letter to Martin Luther King
April 12, 1963
A Group of Clergy Men
Debates over the Civil Rights Act of 1964
March 18, 1964
Hubert Humphrey
Letter from Birmingham Jail
June 12, 1963
Martin Luther King
I Have A Dream
August 28, 1963
Martin Luther King
What These Children Are Like
September, 1963
Ralph Ellison
A Summing Up: Louis Lomax interviews Malcolm X
1963
Malcolm X
New York Times Company v. Sullivan
March 09, 1964
William J. Brennan Jr.
The Ballot or the Bullet
April 03, 1964
Malcolm X
"Great Society" Speech
May 22, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
Reynolds v. Sims
June 15, 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1964
July 02, 1964
We’re On Our Way
September, 1964
Fannie Lou Hamer
We’re On Our Way
September, 1964
Fannie Lou Hamer
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
December 14, 1964
Tom C. Clark
Malcolm X At the Audubon Ballroom
December 20, 1964
Malcolm X
Voting Rights Act of 1965
August 06, 1965
Miranda v. Arizona
June 13, 1966
Ten Point Program
May 15, 1967
Bobby Seale
Loving v. Virginia
June 12, 1967
Earl Warren
Katz v. US
December 18, 1967
Black Power
December 31, 1967
Charles Hamilton
Black Power: The Politics of Liberation
1967
Charles V. Hamilton
Black Power
1967
Charles Hamilton
First Inaugural Address (1969)
January 20, 1969
Richard Nixon
Voluntary Segregation—A Disaster
March 31, 1969
Roy Wilkins
Haverford Statement
May 31, 1969
Ralph Ellison
Brandenburg v. Ohio
June 09, 1969
Per Curiam
What America Would Be Like Without Blacks
April 06, 1970
Ralph Ellison
Griggs v. Duke Power Company
March 08, 1971
Warren E. Burger
Cohen v. California
June 07, 1971
Harry A. Blackmun
McGovern–Fraser Commission Report
1971
McGovern–Fraser Commission
Branzburg v. Hayes
June 29, 1972
Byron R. White
Roe v. Wade
January 22, 1973
Miller v. California
June 21, 1973
Warren E. Burger
When Does a Black Join the Middle Class?
January 29, 1975
Ralph Ellison
Gregg v. Georgia
July 2, 1976
Human Rights and Foreign Policy
May 22, 1977
Jimmy Carter
Transcript of David Frost’s Interview with Richar...
1977
Richard Nixon
University of California Regents v. Bakke
June 26, 1978
Fullilove v. Klutznick
July 2, 1980
John Paul Stevens
Bethel School District v. Fraser
July 07, 1986
John Paul Stevens
Texas v. Johnson
June 21, 1989
William H. Rehnquist
Race
Civil Rights Act of 1960
May 06, 1960
President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights
December, 1947
Harry S. Truman
Executive Order 9981
July 26, 1948
Harry S. Truman
Letter to Ernest W. Roberts
August 18, 1948
Harry S. Truman
Address in Harlem
October 29, 1948
Harry S. Truman
The Negro in American Life (Guidance for the Voice...
February 05, 1952
Beauharnais v. Illinois
April 28, 1952
Felix Frankfurter
Brown v. Board of Education
May 16, 1954
Earl Warren
Brown v. Board of Education
May 17, 1954
Earl Warren
Southern Manifesto
March 12, 1956
Howard Smith
Cooper v. Aaron
September 29, 1958
Per Curiam
Executive Order 10925
March 06, 1961
John F. Kennedy
Can a Christian Be a Communist?
September 30, 1962
Martin Luther King
Birmingham Manifesto
April 03, 1963
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Birmingham Manifesto
April 03, 1963
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Letter to Martin Luther King
April 12, 1963
A Group of Clergy Men
Debates over the Civil Rights Act of 1964
March 18, 1964
Hubert Humphrey
I Have A Dream
August 28, 1963
Martin Luther King
A Summing Up: Louis Lomax interviews Malcolm X
1963
Malcolm X
New York Times Company v. Sullivan
March 09, 1964
William J. Brennan Jr.
The Ballot or the Bullet
April 03, 1964
Malcolm X
Reynolds v. Sims
June 15, 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1964
July 02, 1964
We’re On Our Way
September, 1964
Fannie Lou Hamer
We’re On Our Way
September, 1964
Fannie Lou Hamer
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
December 14, 1964
Tom C. Clark
First Inaugural Address (1965)
January 20, 1965
Voting Rights Act of 1965
August 06, 1965
Executive Order No. 11246
September 24, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ten Point Program
May 15, 1967
Bobby Seale
Loving v. Virginia
June 12, 1967
Earl Warren
Black Power
1967
Charles Hamilton
Black Power
December 31, 1967
Charles Hamilton
Black Power: The Politics of Liberation
1967
Charles V. Hamilton
Haverford Statement
May 31, 1969
Ralph Ellison
Brandenburg v. Ohio
June 09, 1969
Per Curiam
What America Would Be Like Without Blacks
April 06, 1970
Ralph Ellison
Griggs v. Duke Power Company
March 08, 1971
Warren E. Burger
McGovern–Fraser Commission Report
1971
McGovern–Fraser Commission
When Does a Black Join the Middle Class?
January 29, 1975
Ralph Ellison
Combahee River Collective Statement
April, 1977
Fullilove v. Klutznick
July 2, 1980
John Paul Stevens
Labor
"Great Society" Speech
May 22, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
Executive Order No. 11246
September 24, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
Fullilove v. Klutznick
July 2, 1980
John Paul Stevens
First Inaugural Address (1981)
January 20, 1981
Ronald Reagan
Religion
Speech Explaining the Communist Threat
June 02, 1950
Harry S. Truman
Zorach v. Clauson
February 1, 1952
Felix Frankfurter
Address in Spokane at Gonzaga University
May 11, 1950
Harry S. Truman
Sentencing of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
April 05, 1951
Irving Kaufman
Inaugural Address (1961)
January 20, 1961
John F. Kennedy
Engel v. Vitale
June 25, 1962
Hugo L. Black
Engel v. Vitale
June 25, 1962
Hugo L. Black
Birmingham Manifesto
April 03, 1963
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Abington School District v. Schempp
June 17, 1963
Sherbert v. Verner
June 17, 1963
John M. Harlan II
Malcolm X At the Audubon Ballroom
December 20, 1964
Malcolm X
The Catholic Novelist in the Protestant South
1964
Flannery O’Connor
"Peace Without Conquest"
April 07, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
Anti-ERA Demonstration
1975
President Carter's News Conference
November 28, 1979
Jimmy Carter
A Christian Manifesto
December 31, 1982
Francis Schaeffer
SCOTUS
Civil Rights Act of 1960
May 06, 1960
Zorach v. Clauson
February 1, 1952
Felix Frankfurter
Dennis v. United States
June 04, 1951
Felix Frankfurter
Beauharnais v. Illinois
April 28, 1952
Felix Frankfurter
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer
1952
Robert H. Jackson
Cooper v. Aaron
September 29, 1958
Per Curiam
Engel v. Vitale
June 25, 1962
Hugo L. Black
Engel v. Vitale
June 25, 1962
Hugo L. Black
Sherbert v. Verner
June 17, 1963
John M. Harlan II
Reynolds v. Sims
June 15, 1964
Earl Warren
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
December 14, 1964
Tom C. Clark
Loving v. Virginia
June 12, 1967
Earl Warren
Brandenburg v. Ohio
June 09, 1969
Per Curiam
Cohen v. California
June 07, 1971
Harry A. Blackmun
New York Times Co. v. United States
June 30, 1971
Byron R. White
Branzburg v. Hayes
June 29, 1972
Byron R. White
Miller v. California
June 21, 1973
Warren E. Burger
Roe v. Wade
1973
Byron R. White
United States v. Nixon
July 24, 1974
Warren E. Burger
Buckley v. Valeo
January 30, 1976
Per Curiam
The Sword and the Robe
May 8, 1981
Thurgood Marshall
Roberts v. United States Jaycees
July 03, 1984
William J. Brennan Jr.
Speech to the American Bar Association
July 9, 1985
Ed Meese
Bethel School District v. Fraser
July 07, 1986
John Paul Stevens
Originalism: The Lesser Evil
September 16, 1988
Antonin Scalia
Texas v. Johnson
June 21, 1989
William H. Rehnquist
Domestic Anticommunism/McCarthyism
Speech on Truman’s Loyalty Program
June 27, 1947
Chester E. Holifield
Chapter 25: Internal Security and Civil Liberties
Executive Order 9835
March 21, 1947
Harry S. Truman
First Inaugural Address (1949)
January 20, 1949
Declaration of Conscience
June 01, 1950
Margaret Chase Smith
The Internal Security Act
September 20, 1950
United States Congress
Veto of the Internal Security Act
September 22, 1950
Harry S. Truman
Sentencing of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
April 05, 1951
Irving Kaufman
Dennis v. United States
June 04, 1951
Felix Frankfurter
Farewell Address to the American People
January 15, 1953
Harry S. Truman
Engel v. Vitale
June 25, 1962
Hugo L. Black
Can a Christian Be a Communist?
September 30, 1962
Martin Luther King
Malcolm X At the Audubon Ballroom
December 20, 1964
Malcolm X
Human Rights and Foreign Policy
May 22, 1977
Jimmy Carter
Transcript of David Frost’s Interview with Richar...
1977
Richard Nixon
A Christian Manifesto
December 31, 1982
Francis Schaeffer
Second Inaugural Address (1985)
January 21, 1985
Ronald Reagan
Farewell Address (Reagan)
January 11, 1989
Ronald Reagan
Vietnam
Report to President Kennedy on South Vietnam
November 11, 1961
Dean Rusk
President’s Message to Congress
August 05, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
"Peace Without Conquest"
April 07, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
A Compromise Solution For South Vietnam
July 01, 1965
George Ball
Cutting Our Losses in South Viet-nam
1965
George Ball
Address on the Vietnam War
November 03, 1969
Richard Nixon
Cohen v. California
June 07, 1971
Harry A. Blackmun
New York Times Co. v. United States
June 30, 1971
Byron R. White
Letter to President Nguyen Van Thieu
January 05, 1973
Richard Nixon
The Paris Accords
January 27, 1973
Richard Nixon
Transcript of David Frost’s Interview with Richar...
1977
Richard Nixon
Congress
Chapter 25: Internal Security and Civil Liberties
Declaration of Conscience
June 01, 1950
Margaret Chase Smith
Limited Test Ban Treaty
August 05, 1963
United States Senate
INS v. Chadha
December 31, 1983
Byron R. White
Gender and Equality
The Feminine Mystique
1963
Betty Friedan
“For the Equal Rights Amendment”
August 10, 1970
Shirley Chisholm
For the Equal Rights Amendment
August 10, 1970
Shirley Chisholm
The Need for the Equal Rights Amendment
September, 1973
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Roe v. Wade
1973
Byron R. White
Anti-ERA Demonstration
1975
Acceptance Speech at 1980 Republican Convention
July 17, 1980
Ronald Reagan
A Christian Manifesto
December 31, 1982
Francis Schaeffer
Roberts v. United States Jaycees
July 03, 1984
William J. Brennan Jr.
Exploring the Link between Womanhood and the Rabbi...
1985
Amy Eilberg