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Key Documents, Suggested Readings, Online Resources
Key Documents | Suggested Readings | Online Resources
Key Documents
Note: Key Documents and Online Resources link to sites outside of the Dialogue on Freedom site; clicking on these links will launch a new browser window.
Bill of Rights - Constitutional Amendments 1-10
Constitution of the United States (Avalon)
Constitution of the United States (NARA)
Constitutional Amendments 11-27
Declaration of Independence
Emancipation Proclamation
Federalist Papers
Fourteen Points—Woodrow Wilson
Gettysburg Address
Nuremberg War Crimes Trials
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Suggested Readings
American Identities and Constitutional Values
Individual Freedoms, Democratic Participation, and Other Cultures
American Civic Values in a Global Age
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Online Resources
The American Experience Online
Includes more than 50 companion sites to the PBS television series, which features stories of the people and events that have shaped our country.
American Memory
A Library of Congress site featuring more than seven million digital items from more than 100 collections related to the history and culture of the United States. Includes text and extensive graphic primary source materials.
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
Premier online collection of digital documents in the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy, and government. Documents often feature hypertext links to supporting documents referenced in the texts themselves.
Chronicle of Higher Education - Reflections on September 11, 2001 and its Aftermath
Reflections from more than 40 leading scholars from different disciplines, which appeared originally in the September 28, 2001 issue of the Chronicle.
Constitutional Rights Foundation - America Responds to Terrorism
Set of online lessons and resources for classroom use, organized under the following categories: terrorism, reactions to tragedy, information and disinformation, civil liberties in wartime, Islamic issues, international law and organizations, and resource links.
Encouraging Dialogue Through Cultural Programming: A Response to September 11
American Library Association Public Programs website, regularly updated, featuring descriptions of cultural programming being developed in response to September 11 by state humanities councils, libraries, and others nationwide.
Findlaw Legal News Special Coverage: War on Terrorism
Features new coverage from around the world related to the "war on terrorism," cases, documents, legal commentary, and more.
Internet Modern History Sourcebook
Collection of primary source materials online in modern European and American history. Compiled by Paul Halsall of Fordham University.
Jurist Terrorism Law and Policy Site
Regularly updated resource site on terrorism law and policy maintained by Jurist: The Legal Education Network, directed by University of Pittsburgh School of Law Prof. Bernard Hibbitts. Notable for its breadth and depth. Includes resource directory organized under civil liberties, terrorism and terrorists, counterterrorism policy, bibliography, commentary, and other categories.
National Archives and Records Administration
Website of independent agency whose mission is to preserve our nation's history by overseeing the management of all federal records. Includes:
National Security Archive Online Readers on Terrorism, Intelligence and the Next War
To date, includes, six online "sourcebooks" related to September 11. The first volume is on terrorism and U.S. policy; the sixth is on the "hunt for Bin Laden." The National Security Archive is an independent non-governmental research institute and library located at the George Washington University.
Spartacus Educational
British educational website on the history of the United States, United Kingdom, and other countries and subjects. Includes pages on the civil rights movement, the emancipation of women, U.S. Civil War, and World Wars I and II.
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