Rights and Justice Fund
Focused on the stories of African Americans and people of color, as found in the records of the National Archives.
About the Fund
In 2020, the National Archives Foundation launched its Rights and Justice Fund to provide resources for research, public programs, exhibitions, and educational materials focused on the stories of African Americans and people of color, as found in the records of the National Archives.
Help us tell more of their stories by donating to the Rights and Justice Fund today.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Featured Records
Slave Trade Act, 1794
Ida B. Wells Lynching Map, 1922
Juneteenth Order, 1865
FBI photos Contact sheet from Bloody Sunday, 1965
Supreme Court Decision Dred Scott v John F.A. Sandford, 1857
Cloture Motion for Civil Rights Act, 1964
Emancipation
Proclamation, 1863
Civil Rights
Act, 1866
Jackie Robinson Letter to President Eisenhower, 1865
Voting Rights Act, 1965
Joint Resolution proposing 13th Amendment, 1865
Supreme Court, Brown v. Board of Ed, 1954
On October 6, the National Archives Foundation hosted History Speaks: Race and Reform in America to launch this fund. The event was supported by the generosity of its Presenting Sponsors:
The Boeing Company, Maris and Peter Cuneo, John and Christie Johnson, NCTA – The Internet & Television Association, and Jacqueline B. Mars
Additional sponsor support is provided by:
Governor James J. Blanchard and Janet Blanchard, DLA Piper LLP (US), Marilynn Wood Hill and John A. Hill, Mary C. Moynihan, Lucinda Robb, Deborah Ratner Salzberg and Michael Salzberg, Rodney E. Slater and Cassandra Wilkins, Tom and Carol Wheeler, Ambassador Fay Hartog-Levin, Ken Burns, David S. Ferriero, Laura D. Gates, Fruzsina M. Harsanyi, Al Kamen, Cameron F. Kerry, Maarja Krusten, William Minor and Christine Enemark, and Ross O. Swimmer