A groundbreaking approach to primary source documents, with in-depth expert analysis of the court cases, presidential and legislative initiatives, and speeches that tell the story of African American history.

A new series combining full-text primary source documents with expert analysis and commentary.

A new series combining full-text primary source documents with expert analysis and commentary.

The second title in the ground-breaking Milestone Document series, this new set pairs primary source texts with expert analysis by esteemed historians. Milestone Documents of American Leaders features important full-text sources written by presidents, jurists, legislators and other influential people who helped shape the nation.

Presents primary source documents, arranged alphabetically by author from Abigail Adams through Frederick Douglass, with analyses, brief biographies, timelines, and discussions of the impact of each document on history.

Encompassing more than one thousand primary sources and documents, a history of the United States presents an array of articles, speeches, letters, and court cases, ranging from the Declaration of Independence to the Starr Report.