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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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Nina Renata Aron
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May 7, 2018
This badass journalist was only 27 when she broke the story of the century
Armed with nothing but a…
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Brendan Seibel
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May 2, 2018
These photos show Chinese Canadians’ entrance into the middle class, after enduring decades of racist laws
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Nina Renata Aron
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Apr 19, 2018
This daredevil fighter pilot proved that women were just as (or more) capable of conquering the skies
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Nina Renata Aron
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Apr 13, 2018
This brilliant black surgeon revolutionized blood donation — but overt racism meant he couldn’t donate
Titans like Johns Hopkins separated blood on the basis of race, or didn’t accept “Negro” blood at all
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Apr 12, 2018
She slapped a Nazi in the face and staged one of the most dramatic acts of wartime rebellion
Mala Zimetbaum was the first Jewish woman to escape Auschwitz and she refused to let the Nazis decide her fate
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Bené Viera
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Apr 11, 2018
This black fighter pilot broke all kinds of records. He doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page
Meet Clarence D. Lester, the forgotten Tuskegee Airman from Chicago
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Josh Kramer
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Mar 21, 2018
These little-known Japanese American soldiers rescued concentration camp prisoners
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Feb 26, 2018
Why the leading man of the Harlem Renaissance died in relative obscurity
When Paul Robeson spoke out against racism and imperialism, Americans largely turned their backs on him.
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Feb 7, 2018
Sophie Scholl was beheaded at 21 for standing up to the Nazis
She distributed anti-Nazi pamphlets at the University of Munich
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