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The Task Ahead

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Summit Tunnel

Summit Tunnel

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Cape Horn

Cape Horn

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Central Pacific Workmanship

Central Pacific Workmanship

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Liquid Nitroglycerin and the Transcontinental Railroad

Liquid Nitroglycerin and the Transcontinental Railroad

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Tunneling and Tracklaying

Tunneling and Tracklaying

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Construction of the World Trade Center

Construction of the World Trade Center

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Safety Precautions

Safety Precautions

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The Design of the Twin Towers

The Design of the Twin Towers

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Prefabrication for the Twin Towers

Prefabrication for the Twin Towers

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Engineering for High Winds

Engineering for High Winds

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James Baldwin from "The Negro and the American Promise"

James Baldwin from "The Negro and the American Promise"

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The World Learns of Emmett Till

50,000 people in Chicago saw Emmett Till's corpse with their own eyes. Photos of Till were published in newspapers and magazines, and even white Americans were stunned by the brutality of the murder.
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