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French Declaration of Rights Emulates U.S. Declarations
Marquis de Lafayette. Declaration of the Rights of Man, Ante July, 1789. Manuscript document with emendations by Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (109.00.02)
[Digital ID# us0109p2]
Texas Declaration of Independence
Texas Republic Declaration of Independence made at Washington on the second of March 1836, and the Constitution of the Republic of Texas, adopted by the Convention March 17, 1836. Houston: Printed at the Office of the Telegram, 1838. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (109.01.00)
[Digital ID # us0109_01p0]
Women’s Declaration of Rights
Declaration of Rights of Women of the United States, July 4, 1876. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Collection. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (111.00.01)
[Digital ID# us0111_1; us0111_0 – us0111_1]
First Conference to Discuss Women’s Rights
“Declaration of Sentiments” from Report of the Woman’s Rights Convention, Held at Seneca Falls, New York July 19 and 20, 1848. Rochester: North Star Office, 1848. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (111.01.01)
[Digital ID# us0111_01a]
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Scrapbook, 1848. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (111.01.02)
[Digital ID#us0111_01b]
“Wouldn’t the Founders of the Nation be Surprised”
John T. McCutcheon. Wouldn’t the Founders of the Nation be Surprised if They Could See How It Has Grown! 1915. Pen and ink drawing. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (112.02.00)
[Digital ID # http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cai.2a13864]
A Call to Arms for African Americans
Frederick Douglass. Men of color, to arms! A call. Broadside. Rochester, New York: 1863. Rare Books and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (112.02.00)
[Digital ID# us0112_02]
Spirit of the Declaration Invoked to Sell War Bonds
Joseph Pennell. “Lest Liberty Perish from the Face of the Earth, Buy Bonds.” Watercolor sketch for poster, 1918. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (114.01.00)
[Digital ID#LC-DIG-ppmsca-18334]
Demanding Equality for African Americans
National Urban League. “We Shall Overcome: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,” 1963. Portfolio cover by Louis Lo Monaco. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (113)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-08060_0001u]
The March on Washington
Danny Lyon. [The March on Washington, August 28, 1963]. Gelatin silver print, printed 1994. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (113.01.00)
[Digital ID#ppmsca-19167]
“Give Us American Rights”
Associated Press. [A white youth matched strides with a negro student picketing the F. W. Woolworth store in Greensboro, N.C.] April 20, 1960. Photograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (113.02.00)
[Digital ID#http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c35508]
Marching on Montgomery, Alabama, for Civil Rights
James H. Karales. Civil rights march [March 1965], published in Look Magazine, May 18, 1965. Gelatin silver print, printed later. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (113.03.00)
[Digital ID # http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g04914]
Spirit of the Declaration Invoked to Sell War Bonds
Joseph Pennell. "That Liberty Shall Not Perish from the Face of the Earth-Buy Liberty Bonds." New York: Heywood Strasser and Voigt, [1918]. Lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (114.03.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-18343]
Independence and the Union Celebrated
Thomas Moore. Independence Declared 1776. The Union Must be Preserved. [Boston: Joseph A. Arnold, ca. 1839]. Lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (114.05.00)
[Digital ID# http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.02221]
Centennial Celebration in Philadelphia, 1776–1876
H. Schile. 1776, Centennial International Exhibition, 1876—History of the United States, 1875. Color lithograph poster. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (114.06.00)
[Digital ID # pga.02653]
Civil Rights Activists Occupy a Lunch Counter in Atlanta
Danny Lyon. [Civil Rights activists occupying a lunchroom counter during a sit-in, 1962–1964]. Gelatin silver print, printed later. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (113.04.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca.24330]
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