Rebecca Lee Crumpler was the first Black woman to earn a medical degree and was a true trailblazer in several ways. In her medical practice, she saw that women needed
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The Mexican influence on popular American cuisine dates to the 1920s and ‘30s. One of the leaders in introducing these recipes to the public was Elena Zelayeta (1898-1974), a young
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Juneteenth was established as a federal holiday by President Joe Biden in 2021 when he signed the Congressional Juneteenth National Independence Day bill. But the holiday has a long history
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The bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 forever changed the lives of Japanese Americans who lived on the West Coast. Within days, they were ordered to register with
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Nurses working for the U.S. Army Nurse Corps were sent to the Philippines from 1939-41 in preparation for possible war in the South Pacific. The world knew Japan was a
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Life preservers are something we take for granted. We know they are important for boating and swimming, and we’ve all sat through airplane evacuation preparations, so we know that a
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