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This teaching module looks at academic freedom amid curricular regulation and research restrictions, featuring a webinar with Eric Berger, professor of law at the University of Nebraska College of Law.

This nineteenth century West Virginia abortion law punished providers for helping women access abortion care. Under this law, anyone found guilty of helping "produce abortion" was subject to three to ten years imprisonment.

This teaching module provides an in-depth look at affirmative action, delving into its origins and tracing its impact to the present day, featuring a webinar with Nebraska Law faculty Catherine Wilson, Danielle Jefferis, and Eric Berger.

This state law helped to regulate and restrict the employment of children in Alabama. It set age limits and barriers to determine the length of time children can work, along with the type of work they can do. At the time of its passage, there were many children working long hours in unsafe conditions. The act was a step forward in the protection of children and made the child labor laws in Alabama align more closely to the rest of the country.

This act in Washington Territory specifically denied women the right to vote. Women were eventually given the right to vote when the state constitution was amended in 1910. Washington was one of 15 states to grant women suffrage prior to the adoption of the 19th Amendment in 1920.

This act proposed to amend the Constitution of Washington State to grant women suffrage rights. While the proposed amendment failed in the general election held in 1898, it was eventually ratified in 1910. Washington was one of 15 states to grant women the right to vote prior to the adoption of the 19th Amendment in 1920.

This teaching module looks at the role Vietnamese migrants played in creating the current status of refugees, featuring a webinar with Linda Ho Peché, project director for the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive.

Balzac v. Porto Rico is one of a series of cases decided by the Supreme Court addressing the status of U.S. territories known as the Insular Cases. The court in Balzac ruled that residents of Puerto Rico were not guaranteed a trial by jury. In Dorr v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled the same way for residents of the Philippines.

The Supreme Court reinforced the precedent set in Strauder v. West Virginia and Swain v. Alabama by ruling that racial discrimination in selecting jurors deprives the defendant of their rights during the trial and denies the broader public faith in the fairness of our justice system.

This broadside was distributed in Boston following the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.

California's 1913 alien land law barred Japanese immigrants who were ineligible for citizenship from legally purchasing residential or agricultural property. The law was continued and expanded in 1920. California was one of many states to enact alien land laws during the era of Asian exclusion, when Asian immigrants were ineligible for citizenship.

As part of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, Native American tribes were encouraged to create tribal governments that mirrored the United States government. Many of the tribes' constitutions were essentially the same.

This teaching module features a webinar discussing the racially restrictive covenants used by early 20th century developers and white citizens to prevent Black residents and other groups from buying or leasing property in Washington, D.C. This community conversation hosted by the Institute of Politics, Policy & History features a panel of historians, legal scholars, and descendants who reveal the history of the enduring impact of racial covenants in D.C. and how residents fought back against them.

De Lima v. Bidwell is one of a series of cases decided by the Supreme Court addressing the status of U.S. territories known as the Insular Cases. This case considered whether the newly acquired territory of Puerto Rico was a "foreign country" and to what extent shipping duties applied to imports from Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories. The court ruled that Puerto Rico was a part of the United States and duties should not be applied to imports. This case was decided on different grounds than that of Downes v. Bidwell, which ruled that unincorporated territories could be treated differently than states and incorporated territories.

Dorr v. United States is one of a series of cases decided by the Supreme Court addressing the status of U.S. territories known as the Insular Cases. The court in Dorr ruled that residents of the Philippines were not entitled to a trial by jury. The case of Balzac v. Porto Rico decided the same in Puerto Rico.

In this case, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that people from Southwest Asia could be considered white and were eligible for citizenship. This decision came seven years before the Supreme Court ruled that migrants from Japan and India were not white enough to be eligible for citizenship.

This teaching module discusses the 14th Amendment and the implications of equal protection under the law, featuring a webinar with Kate Masur, author of the 2021 book, Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction.

This teaching module looks at the history of criminal abortion in the 20th century, featuring a webinar with Alicia Gutierrez-Romine, author of the 2020 book, From Back Alley to the Border: Criminal Abortion in California, 1920-1969.

Hawaii v. Mankichi is one of a series of cases decided by the Supreme Court addressing the status of U.S. territories known as the Insular Cases. This case considered the extent to which the Constitution should apply to Hawaii and how the new territory's previous legal codes could be folded into the laws of the Territory of Hawaii.

This teaching module discusses the history of criminal and immigration law enforcement of Latina/os in the U.S., featuring a webinar with Kevin R. Johnson, Professor of Law and of Chicana/o Studies at the University of California, Davis.

This teaching module discusses the history of racial violence in the Midwest, featuring a webinar with Ashley Howard, author of the 2025 book, Midwest Unrest: 1960s Urban Rebellions and the Black Freedom Movement.

This act created the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization and provided specific guidance for the naturalization process, including standardizing documentation. This act also required knowledge of the English language. The Naturalization Act of 1906 continued the racial prerequisite of whiteness (or blackness) for that matter for naturalization from the 1790 Naturalization Act and 1870 Naturalization Act, while adding an English literacy requirement. As a part of the racial prerequisite, the new standardized documentation made applicants identify both their race and complexion.

This law barred noncitizens (aliens) from owning land in the state of Nebraska by putting a five-year limitation on holding all leases, titles, or comparable documents. It was a direct attack on Japanese immigrants with businesses or farms as a result of growing anti-Asian sentiment. Family members of aliens who had acquired land prior to 1889 were only allowed to hold the land for ten years. Any businesses working within the state, not just those originating from it, were required to have a board of directors or trustees of which a majority were citizens.

The Nebraska Equal Pay Act prohibits paying a member of one sex lower than a member of another sex for jobs with comparable requirements. During World War II, women took over in predominately male positions due to drafts and the lack of male workers. This act helped in maintaining women's status as men began to return to the workforce in the post-war years. If any provisions are violated, the employer is held liable to pay back all unpaid wages. Furthermore, the Equal Opportunities Commission is given the power to bring any legal action necessary to collect the missing wages.

This act marked a large change in women's legal rights at the time. Before the statute was passed, married women had no separate legal identity apart from their husband. Once married, their property and earnings became their husband's property and earnings. This statute gave women the right to control all the aspects of their own personal property without the control of their husband or their debts. This law helped women be recognized as separate legal individuals apart from their husbands and inspired other states to do the same, paving the way for improving women's civil rights and changing the idea of citizenship and equality under the law.

This broadside publicized information about new voting laws and poll taxes in Virginia.

This act racially segregated railroad compartments and waiting rooms under the justification of increasing rider satisfaction. This was the first bill passed and put into effect by the new Oklahoma State Legislature.

This article looks at the legacy of the lynching of Will Brown, featuring interviews with prominent, Black Omaha community members Preston Love and Ernie Chambers, as well as University of Nebraska-Omaha Urban studies professor, Barbara Hewins-Maroney.

Poll taxes were a tool to prevent Black people and poor people from voting, since the poll tax was often a significant percentage of someone's weekly income. This poll tax receipt from Texas shows that Black Army veteran Leo Carr paid $1.50 cents in 1955 to be able to vote, the equivalent of a day's wages at the time.

This article from the Omaha World Herald describes Omaha's official observance of the 100-year anniversary of the lynching of Will Brown. Omaha Mayor, Jean Stothert, spoke at the commemoration calling Will Brown's lynching one of the darkest days in our history.

This poll tax law in Texas was voted on in a referendum in the 1902 election as a proposed amendment to the state constitution.

This compendium collects the laws governing the Black residents of Washington, D.C. These laws granted the municipal government of D.C. the authority to restrain both enslaved and freed people, including multiracial individuals who did not comply with this set of racialized laws. The District's Black codes regulated movement and activities for Black people living and working in D.C. and expressly prohibited both freedpeople and enslaved people from partaking in activities included in the First Amendment. Violation of these laws was punishable by whipping, imprisonment, and fines.

This teaching module discusses race, the carceral state, and the criminalization of Blackness, featuring a webinar with legal historian Taja-Nia Henderson.

This teaching module discusses the intersection of U.S. colonial power and migration, featuring a webinar with Robert McGreevey, author of the 2018 book, Borderline Citizens: The United States, Puerto Rico, and the Politics of Colonial Migration.

The day after the lynching of Will Brown, the Omaha Bee devoted the first two pages of its edition to the racial terror violence enacted by a mob of white Omahans. The articles on these pages provide different perspectives of the race riot, from the crowds cheering at the destruction of government buildings, to the alleged assault victim's shock at the incident. The newspaper also featured a list of victims of the mob. Most historians believe that the allegations against Will Brown were false and an attempt by corrupt and racist political leaders to stir up social unrest in a racially divisive city.

This teaching module looks the Supreme Court's understanding of Native America from an Indigenous perspective, featuring a webinar with Keith Richotte, Jr., author of the 2025 book, The Worst Trickster Story Ever Told: Native America, the Supreme Court, and the U.S. Constitution.

This teaching module discusses the centrality of Native people and their nations throughout American history, featuring a webinar with Ned Blackhawk, author of the 2023 book, The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History.

This teaching module discusses how Black women fought against both racism and sexism during their fight for women's suffrage, featuring a webinar with Martha S. Jones, author of the 2020 book, Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All.

An etching of the Walnut Street Prison in Philadelphia. Established as a city jail in 1773, it was expanded in 1790 to become the first state penitentiary in the new country. This prison was among the first to feature individual cells and was built to accommodate work details. The penitentiary was noted to have a larger percentage of Black inmates than white, exemplifying the racialization of incarceration in the United States. The prison was in operation until 1838.

Originally passed in 1949, the Law Against Discrimination in Employment prohibits employers from discriminating against employees because of race, creed, color, national origin, as well as age (1961), sex (1971), marital status (1973), disability (1973, 1993, 1997), sexual orientation (2006), honorably discharged veteran or military status (2007), and citizenship or immigration status (2020). The many changes made to this law since its post-war origin reflects the progression of the civil rights movements over the years.

This newspaper article discusses the women's suffrage act passed in Washington Territory. Washington was the third territory to grant women suffrage rights, although the Territorial Supreme Court later overturned the law.

The first article of the State of Wyoming's Constitution enumerates certain rights within the state. Wyoming Territory was the first government to grant women suffrage rights, and that right was preserved in the Declaration of Rights when organizing the state government.