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Emmett Till's Funeral
At a church on the South side of Chicago, thousands paid tribute to Emmett Till by attending his funeral. It seemed as if all of Chicago was there, and the reaction of blacks was visceral.
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The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the campaign to breed a “better” American race,
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After attempting to commit the perfect crime, would two boys get the death penalty?
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In the 1950's a Polio outbreak swept the U.S., devastating communities nationwide.
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The final months of WWII from the vantage points of both the Japanese and the Americans.