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Siteseen: American Historama: Mlk Assassination
Features detailed facts and a summary of the assassination of Civil Rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968, by James Earl Ray.
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Siteseen: American Historama: The Black Panthers
Black Panthers, founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in 1966, preached black power, black nationalism, and economic self-sufficiency.
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Siteseen: American Historama: The Nation of Islam
Detailed facts on The Nation of Islam, the Black Muslims who were led by Elijah Muhammad and advocated black nationalism and black separatism.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Malcolm X Facts and Biography
This short biography and fact sheet provides interesting details about the life, times, and history of Malcolm X, a symbol for the black power movement.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was enacted to prevent discrimination and protect voting rights. It was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on August 6, 1965, to safeguard the right to vote of Black Americans and ban the use of...
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Siteseen: American Historama: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Eeoc)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was established in 1964 to eliminate discrimination in employment, based on race, color, sex, religion and national origin and now also age or disability.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was the United States response to possible nuclear attacks set up to develop an advanced anti-ballistic missile system to enable the United States to prevent missile attacks from the USSR and other...
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Siteseen: American Historama: The Korean War
Presents facts and a timeline of the Korean War (June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953).
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Siteseen: American Historama: Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan of June 1947 was a US-financed relief package, providing funds to European nations to assist their reconstruction after the devastation of WW2.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Truman Doctrine
Discussion of the Truman Doctrine that pledged to support other countries in their struggle against communism, the key element being the policy of containment.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Mao Zedong
Detailed biographical facts on Mao Zedong, leader of the Communist Party of China and the Founding Father of the People's Republic of China.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Nato
The NATO Treaty formed in 1949 during the Cold War to create a mutual defense pact aimed at containing possible Soviet expansion into Europe.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Alger Hiss
Fact sheet and biography contain interesting information and history on Alger Hiss who was accused by Whitaker Chambers as being a Communist and Soviet spy.
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Siteseen: American Historama: United Nations
A summary and interesting facts about the United Nations (UN) founded on October 24, 1945, to maintain international peace and security by adopting a peacekeeping role and working to prevent conflict and helping parties in conflict make...
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Siteseen: American Historama: Arab Israeli Conflict
History timeline of the Arab-Israeli conflict provides an overview of historical events behind the clashes between Palestine and Israel.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Detente
The establishment of detente following the Cuban Missile Crisis was a period of improved relations, cooperation, and an easing of tensions between the two superpowers of the East and the West and a temporary 'thaw' in US-Soviet relations.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Granger Movement
The Granger Movement was established to promote the social needs of farmers by reducing isolation, addressing the economic needs of farmers, and advancing new methods of agriculture.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Industrial Revolution Inventions
The Industrial Revolution is a phrase that encompasses the massive changes in agriculture and manufacturing processes during the 18th and 19th centuries that transformed the United States from an agricultural to an industrial society....
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Siteseen: American Historama: Black Populism
This article contains interesting facts and a timeline about the history of Black Populism, the cotton farmers of the south, and the Populist Party.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Ku Klux Klan History
Interesting facts about the origins and history of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).
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Siteseen: American Historama: The Abolitionist Movement
Learn the history of the Abolitionist Movement that was established in the free states of the North to abolish the institution of slavery in the South.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Black Segregation Timeline
This article features short, interesting facts in a historical timeline format on black segregation in America in the years before the Civil War up to the Civil Rights Movement in the late 1900s.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Ellis Island History Facts
The history of Ellis Island is told through a series of short fun facts.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Glasnost
Learn about the policy of Glasnost that was used by Mikhail Gorbachev to bring reforms to the Soviet Union.