American author Upton Sinclair born

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September 20, 1878
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History Now: The Jungle and the Progressive Era
Chronicling America: Upton Sinclair Tells About the Sufferings of Women in Packingtown

Third Lincoln–Douglas debate

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September 18, 1858
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We The People
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WSPWH: Third and Fourth Lincoln Douglas Debate

Church bombed in Birmingham Alabama killing four black girls

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Sep 15 1963
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Ordinary People, Ordinary Places: The Civil Rights Movement
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We The People
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Encyclopedia of Alabama: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church

Thomas Nast, “Father of the American cartoon,” is born

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September 27, 1840
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Thomas Nast
Harpweek: The World of Thomas Nast
National History Day: Thomas Nast

Henry David Thoreau dies

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May 6, 1862
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Launchpad: Henry David Thoreau's Essay "On Civil Disobedience"
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We The People

Launchpad: Henry David Thoreau's Essay "Civil Disobedience"

Henry David Thoreau“Government is at best an expedient”  |  “Government never of itself furthered any enterprise”  |  “Why has every man a conscience?”  |  The right to revolution  |  “Justice to the slave and to Mexico: Reform and its Opponents”  |  Unjust Laws  |&nbs

Teddy Roosevelt gives famous speech on “muckraking”

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April 14, 1906
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We The People
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Voices of Democracy: Teddy Roosevelt "The Man With the Muckrake:
George Caleb Bingham's painting, "The County Election"

Voting in the Young Republic: George Caleb Bingham's "The County Election"

George Caleb Bingham's painting, "The County Election," highlights the growth of democracy in America as pioneers moved into the interior of the continent.

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Image from documentary website showing a spool of thread

American Experience: "Triangle Fire"

PBS's American Experience series highlights the deadliest workplace accident in New York City’s history. A dropped match on the 8th floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory sparked a fire that killed over a hundred innocent people trapped inside and spurred calls for workplace reform.

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Lyndon Johnson delivers “We Shall Overcome” speech

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March 15, 1965
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JFK, LBJ, and the Fight for Equal Opportunity in the 1960s
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We The People
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Voices of Democracy: Lyndon Johnson, "We Shall Overcome"

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