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This is a unique collection of U.S. Government legal documents that shaped and built the American democracy. From the Declaration of Independence to the Civil Rights Act of 1968, this collection contains 40 most important acts and decisions which forged the legal system and democratic principles of USA:Declaration of Independence (1776) U.S. Constitution (1787)Bill of Rights (1791)Amendments (1792-1991) The Federalist Papers (1787-1788)Marbury v. Madison (1803)The Louisiana Purchase Treaty (1803)Treaty of Ghent (1814)Monroe Doctrine (1823)Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)Emancipation Proclamation (1863)Gettysburg Address (1863)The Civil Rights Act of 1866Treaty of Fort Laramie/Sioux Treaty (1868)The Enforcement Act of 1870 The Second Enforcement Act of 1871 (Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871)Civil Rights Act of 1875 Interstate Commerce Act (1887)Dawes Act (1887)Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 (1916) President Woodrow Wilson''s 14 Point Program (1918)National Industrial Recovery Act (1933)Social Security Act (1935)Lend-Lease Act (1941)Brown v. Board of Education (1954)Civil Rights Act of 1957Civil Rights Act of 1960Establishment of the Peace Corps (1961)Test Ban Treaty (1963)Equal Pay Act of 1963Civil Rights Act of 1964Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964)Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States (1964)Voting Rights Act (1965)Loving v. Virginia (1967)Civil Rights Act of 1968Rehabilitation Act of 1973Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978

This is a unique legal collection comprised of the most important U.S. Civil Rights Acts and Supreme Court decisions considering racial discrimination. Ideals, hopes and dreams of Nat Turner, Dred Scott, Martin Luther King and many other activists who fought for equality, are built in the legislative work presented in this edition. Whether you are a law student or a person interested in civil rights and concerned about equality, "Path Towards Equality" will provide you with insight into one of the most controversial issues of the American society.Table of Contents:Emancipation Proclamation & Gettysburg Address (1863)Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1865)Civil Rights Act of 1866Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1868)Reconstruction Acts (1867-1868)Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1870)Enforcement Act of 1870The First Enforcement Act of 1871 (to enforce the rights of citizens of the United States to vote in the several States of this Union)The Second Enforcement Act of 1871 (Ku Klux Klan Act)Civil Rights Act of 1875Executive Order 9981 (1948)Voting Rights Law of 1965Executive Order 11246 (1965)Fair Housing Act (1968)United States Code Title 18 Chapter 13 (1968, 1976, 1988, 1994, 2009)The Community Reinvestment Act (1977)Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (2007)Case Law:Strauder v. West Virginia (1880)Buchanan v. Warley (1917)Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)Sweatt v. Painter (1950)Brown v. Board of Education (1954)Boynton v. Virginia (1960)Heart of Atlanta Motel Inc. v. United States (1964)Loving v. Virginia (1967)Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. (1968)Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)Batson v. Kentucky (1986)