2019-2020 National History Day© "Breaking Barriers in History"

National History Day© (NHD) is a non-profit education organization established in 1974, that provides educational programs helping students and teachers influence the future through discovery of the past. Their largest program is the National History Day Contest which is a year-long academic program focused on historical research, interpretation and creative expression for 6th- to 12th-grade students. The experience ends with a series of contests at the local and affiliate levels and an annual national competition in the nation's capital in June.
The 2019-2020 historical theme is “Breaking Barriers in History.” Students select topics related the annual theme, examine the historical importance, and create a presentation. Source: National History Day

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Samples of Content on GovInfo Related to This Year's Theme

Women and Minorities

• 159 Cong. Rec. S6261 - Confirmations, August 1, 2013
  (includes confirmation of Davita Vance-Cooks as the first African American and female Public Printer of the GPO)
• H. Doc. 108-223 - Women in Congress 1917 - 2017
• H. Doc. 108-225 - Hispanic Americans in Congress 1822-2012
• H. Doc. 108-224 - Black Americans in Congress 1870 - 2007
• Female Supreme Court Justice Nominations
• President Barack Obama - First African American President of the U.S., First Term Inauguration Speech
• Anniversary of the Appointment of the First Female U.S. Ambassador
• Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Congress
• Susan B. Anthony, Icon of the Women's Suffrage Movement
• Native American and American Indian related digitized publications and official documents of Congress and Federal agency publishers
• 100th Anniversary of the First Woman to Serve in the United States Congress




Civil Rights

• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act
• Americans with Disabilities Act

Space Exploration

• Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Spaceflight and Man's First Moon Walk
• 50th Anniversary of the Man on the Moon
• 55th Anniversary of John Glenn's "Friendship 7" Flight
• Anniversary of the First American Woman to Fly in Space

Internet and Data Security

• 5 U.S.C. 552a Privacy Act of 1974
• 18 U.S.C. 1030 - Fraud and related activity in connection with computers Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
• 15 U.S.C. 91 - Children's Online Privacy Protection*

Miscellaneous

• 16 U.S.C. 31 - Marine Mammal Protection Act*
• 29 U.S.C. 28 - Family and Medical Leave*
• Anniversary of the First Live Televised Presidential News Conference
• Panama Canal Related Publications
• 159th Anniversary of the Pony Express

*This is a citation to a title of the U.S. Code that has not been enacted into positive law. To see select unofficial compilations of laws that either do not appear in the U.S. Code or that have been classified to a title of the U.S. Code that has not been enacted into positive law, visit the Statute Compilations collection. Statute Compilations incorporate amendments made to the underlying statute since it was originally enacted. Learn more including the availability and currency of Statute Compilations on GovInfo, as well as how to find them.

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