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President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant on September 18, 1942. The Roosevelts, accompanied by Henry Ford, Edsel Ford, and Charles Sorensen -- the production manager behind…

Judith "Judy" Heumann first drew national attention with her fight to become a New York City teacher. She founded Disabled in Action and sued the New York Board of Education to become a teacher. Her case was the first disabled rights case brought to…

Flyer, program, directions, and pilgrimage information for the Sixteenth Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage. Also included is a brief history of the Manzanar incarceration camp.

The Jim Matsuoka Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress Collection includes…

Flyer for the 21st annual Manzanar Pilgrimage sponsored by the Manzanar Committee. Included is a map from Los Angeles to Manzanar.

The Jim Matsuoka Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress Collection includes brochures, meeting notes and agendas,…

Speech by President John F. Kennedy to the Kennedy Foundation Mental Retardation Group and given to Mary Hammerbacher (Manner) as a counselor at Camp Shriver, 1962.
Camp Shriver began in Eunice Shriver’s backyard at her Timberlawn estate in 1962.…

Photograph shows a convoy of Russian tanks that have rumbled into Romania during the occupation of Bessarabia.

Sketch shows senators scattered across chamber in the U.S. Capitol before vote on Civil Rights Act.

Print shows African American men, in dress indicative of their professions, in a queue waiting their turn to vote.

Formerly classified "Top Secret," this document is President Harry Truman's order relieving General Douglas MacArthur of his Korean War commands due to insubordination, and designating General Matthew Ridgway as his successor. It includes a statement…