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photograph
First Black woman to join the Supreme Court.
Washington
March 22/22
judicial system
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judicial branch
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justice
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US Supreme Court
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photograph
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Black women
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Women empowerment
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girl power
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American history
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women's history
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US history
writing_20210404-000342
writing
A project I did for my U.S History class this spring 2021
Bronx, NY
4/3/21
writing
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US history
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MetaBronx
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MetaBronx Spring 2021
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video
The American Paradox with Dr. Heather Cox Richardson
May 30, 2020
Civil Rights
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historian
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lecture series
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The American Paradox
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paradox
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injustice
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slavery
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Civil War
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democracy
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social studies
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self-determination
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revolution
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US history
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American history
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Dr. Heather Cox Richardson
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video
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Boston College
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video
Clara cooks peas and pasta while recounting the Great Depression
USA
May 7th, 2007
video
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Great Depression
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cooking
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Great Depression Cooking
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Clara
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storytelling
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US history
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pasta
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peas
artwork_20180603-071129
artwork
Inauguration of George Washington, first president of the United States
New York, New York
April 30, 1789
artwork
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George Washington
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inauguration
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POTUS
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Mr President
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America
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founding fathers
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father of the country
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politics
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government
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US history
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US Presidents
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history
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on this day
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US presidential elections
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photograph
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and was arrested, jailed, and fined
Alabama, United States
February 4, 1913
photograph
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Civil Rights
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Rosa Parks
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Rosa Parks Day
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black history
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US history
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Alabama
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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US Supreme Court
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SCOTUS
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women's history
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Jackie Robinson
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defiance
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democracy
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First Lady of Civil Rights
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equality
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desegregation
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on this day
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Ralph Abernathy
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on the bus
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transportation
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US Constitution
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discrimination
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state funeral
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writing
Special Message from Harry Truman to Congress on civil rights
United States Congress, Washington, D.C.
February 2, 1948
writing
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US history
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on this day
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Civil Rights
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US Constitution
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law
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Harry Truman
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US Presidents
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equality
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equality for all
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tolerance
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respect
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freedom
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democracy
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America
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justice
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opportunity
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government
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tyranny
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discrimination
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liberty
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inalienable rights
photograph_20180603-065314
photograph
Happy Black History Month!
United States
the month of February
photograph
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Langston E Hughes
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black history
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Black History Month
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Abraham Lincoln
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Frederick Douglass
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Negro History Week
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Gerald Ford
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US history
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poet
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writer
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author
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American activist
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activism
document_20180603-065312
document
The Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery in the United States
United States Congress, Washington, D.C.
January 31, 1865
document
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Thirteenth Amendment
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US Constitution
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US history
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on this day
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slavery
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signatures
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constitutional amendment
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abolition
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civilization
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equality
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jurisdiction
document_20180603-065256
document
The beginning of the California Gold Rush
California, USA
January 24, 1848
document
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gold
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gold rush
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mother lode
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Forty Niners
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boom town
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California dream
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Sutter's Mill
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California
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Golden State
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US history
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history
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on this day
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economy
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wealth
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USA
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pioneers
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Mexican-American War
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photograph
Roberts was the first student with severe disabilities to attend Berkeley
California, USA
January 23, 1939
photograph
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Ed Roberts
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rolling quads
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Ed Roberts day
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civil rights
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disability rights
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Section 504
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accessibility
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disability history
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US history
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on this day
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paralyze
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American activist
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education
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degree
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Bachelor's
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Master's
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UC Berkeley
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discrimination
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civil rights activist
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activism
photograph_20180603-065249
photograph
Inauguration day in the United States
United States
March 4th, 1933 then January 20th
photograph
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Inauguration Day
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America
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Lame Duck Amendment
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Secession Winter
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Great Depression
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Twentieth Amendment
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March 4th
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January 20th
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US Presidents
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politics
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government
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God Speed
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US history
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on this day
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FDR
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US Constitution
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federation
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Roe v. Wade US Supreme Court decision on January 22nd, 1973
New York City, USA
January 21st, 2017
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SCOTUS
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pro choice
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my body my choice
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life liberty property
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reproductive rights
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human rights
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women's march
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law
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on this day
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US history
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Women's rights
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women's history
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Women's March
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Roe v. Wade
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US Supreme Court
photograph_20180603-065140
photograph
Harriet Tubman (née Araminta Ross)
December 28th, 1849
photograph
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Harriett Tubman
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Underground Railroad
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abolitionism
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slavery
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Moses
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General Tubman
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black history
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on this day
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history
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US history
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Land of the Free
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Civil War
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espionage
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military
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army intelligence
artwork_20180603-065045
artwork
The Tea Act
England, Europe // Boston, Massachusetts, USA
December 16th, 1773
artwork
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Boston Tea Party
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destruction of tea
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Thirteen Colonies
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no taxation without representation
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American Revolution
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resistance
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on this day
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history
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US history
photograph_20180603-065039
photograph
This US dollar coin honored a woman's face on US coins for the first time
United States of America
December 13th, 1978
photograph
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currency
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coin collections
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voting
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voting rights
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Susan B Anthony
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Women's rights
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US Constitution
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US history
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Nineteenth Amendment
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on this day
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photograph
75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA
December 7th, 1941
photograph
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on this day
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World War II
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peace
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war
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US history
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Pearl Harbor
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Grumman F-14 Tomcat with Jolly Rogers colors and tail markings
Armed Forces of the United States of America
1969-1991
photograph
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United States Navy
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Armed Forces
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Jolly Rogers
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fighter jets
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F-14
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Tomcat
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US history
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photograph
This photograph appeared in the book "Hadjin and the Armenian Massacres"
Hadjin, Turkey
circa 1909
photograph
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mountains
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genocide
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Armenia
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Houshamadyan
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Turkey
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Islam
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Muslim
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US history
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education
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school
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Mount Holyoke
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mosque
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architecture
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