Landmarks of the American mosaic

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Tuskegee airmen

2012
Discusses the history of the Tuskegee airmen and how their contributions to the military during World War II have continued to affect and change the military in present day.

Abolition movement

2011
Chronicles the movement to abolish African slavery in the United States, explaining how an ancient practice evolved into the practices of the American South, and providing primary source documents that reveal the minds of key abolitionists and proslavery apologists.

Wounded Knee Massacre

2011
Explores the causes of the Wounded Knee massacre and examines how this event impacted the United States' relationship with Native Americans. Also charts the event's legacy and place in modern culture.

Negro Leagues baseball

2012
Examines the history of the Negro League of baseball, which existed up until the late 1940s due to segregation of whites and blacks in the Major League.

Jim Crow laws

2012
A history of discriminatory segregation laws of the American South from the end of the Civil War to the passage of the 1965 Civil Rights Act.

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

2011
Chronicles the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which restricted Chinese immigration to the United States, including the conditions in China that led to the migration, the prejudices and acts of violence against the group, and the repeal of 1943.

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