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Nina Renata Aron
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Jun 22, 2018
This was the only refugee camp in America for Jews fleeing the Nazis
Roosevelt’s effort to help came…
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Brendan Seibel
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Jun 20, 2018
How NYC tenements once hid secret sweatshops
Immigrant families worked punishing hours in dilapidated apartments just to survive
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Ashawnta Jackson
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Jun 19, 2018
She was one of the first black women to host a television show
Then the House Un-American Activities Committee came for her
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Jun 18, 2018
The First Black-Led Union Wouldn’t Have Existed Without This Woman
Behind the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was a sisterhood
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Shoshi Parks
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Jun 11, 2018
These women were the toughest performers in the Wild West
Don’t try horse diving at home
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Jun 7, 2018
This woman shattered the gender barrier in pro baseball
When Toni Stone joined the Negro League, she became the first woman regular on a big-league team
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Jun 5, 2018
The Panama Canal’s Forgotten Casualties
The U.S. used triumphant rhetoric and philanthropy to mask horrifying conditions
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Jun 5, 2018
America’s forgotten Filipino farmworkers: If you know Cesar Chavez, you should know Larry Itliong
When Filipino and Mexican laborers united, they had more power
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Brendan Seibel
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May 31, 2018
These photos show how America almost went to war with Mexico during WWI
Pancho Villa launched attacks north of the border and there was little the U.S. could do
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Shoshi Parks
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May 30, 2018
The not-so-sweet story of how Filipino workers tried to take on Big Sugar in Hawaii
How can you win when the media, the public, and big business are against you?
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