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History has been shaped and influenced by the out come of ancient trials—such as the Trial of Socrates in 399B.C.—to Rosenberg Trial in the 1950s. This site offers a comprehensive look at 50 prominent court trials throughout history and its resources can be used to give young learners an introduction to the history of the modern judicial system.

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Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection

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Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online (1841-1902)

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For Us the Living

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Close Up on Hispanic American Heritage

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Stamping Out Free Speech?

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California or Bust

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20th-century Jewish Immigration
Dry plate negative, approx. 1920-1930, Jewish colonies and settlements, LOC

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Women's Reform Movement
Print, A downright gabbler, or a goose that deserves to be hissed, 1829

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Denmark Vesey
An official report of the trials of sundry Negroes, 1822

Tried and executed in 1822, along with many other slaves, for a plotted [...] »

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Photo, Russ Hopcroft, from the University . . . , 2002, Ian MacDonald, NOAA

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Federal Aviation Administration

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Colonels Washington, Mosby, and Lee

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