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Boys in a Cigar Factory
This 1908 photograph by Lewis Hine depicts young children at work in an early 20th century factory.
July 2, 2014
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Confrontation at the Bridge
This 1974 print depicts Bloody Sunday, when a group of nonviolent protestors marching for voting rights in 1965 faced police violence at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala.
July 2, 2014
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Dr. Martin Luther King Marches on Washington
This photograph from the Associated Press shows Martin Luther King Jr. in a crowd of people at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Aug. 28, 1963.
July 2, 2014
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We Can Do It!
The iconic poster was designed by J. Howard Miller during World War II for Westinghouse Electric. In recent decades, the image has gained wide popularity as an emblem for feminism and various other political and social movements.
July 3, 2014
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Julia Moves to the United States
Sean McCollum gives an account of writer Julia Alvarez's move to the United States from the Dominican Republic as a young girl. Although Alvarez struggled to fit in in this unfamiliar place, she finally found a comfortable niche in her writing.
July 9, 2014
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Manzanar, 1942
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, over 110,000 Japanese Americans, mostly U.S. citizens, were incarcerated in “War Relocation Camps.” These photographs were taken at Manzanar, one of the ten Japanese internment camps, in 1942.
September 3, 2015
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The Magic Washer
An 1886 advertisement for a laundry detergent called the Magic Washer shows Uncle Sam booting out a group of stereotypically depicted Chinese Americans.
September 3, 2015
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Joseph’s Castle in the Sky
A trip to Haiti gives Joseph a new perspective on his identity and his adoption.
January 23, 2017
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Woman Suffrage Headquarters
This 1912 photo was taken outside the woman suffrage headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio. Far right in the photo is Miss Belle Sherwin, President, National League of Women Voters.
February 13, 2017
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Hawaiians Live in Aloha
This animation sequence explains traditional Hawaiian gender roles and their conception of māhū, or the middle. Kumu Hina, a teacher at Hālau Lōkahi— a public charter school in Hawaii—also discusses the history of colonization and its impact on Hawaiian culture.
March 20, 2015