For an in-depth look at the biggest historical speeches, documents, and court cases from history, head over to our Historical Texts sections. We've covered "I Have a Dream," "I've Been to the Mountaintop," "Letter from Birmingham Jail," and the Little Rock Nine executive order, just to name a few.

Letter from James H. Meredith to Thurgood Marshall regarding Meredith's application to the University of Mississippi, January 1961.

Read the full text of John F. Kennedy's civil rights speech delivered on national television on June 11th, 1963.

Lyrics to "The Death of Emmett Till," by Bob Dylan.