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Piece of the Berlin Wall

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This is a piece of the Berlin Wall taken from the West German side in 1989. It serves as an important reminder of the political and physical power that separated families and kept people under an authoritarian government.The Berlin Wall remains one…

1964 Civil Rights Bill

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Landmark legislation that banned discrimination.

A Festive Dance

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John White served as the governor of an English colony in Roanoke Island. While living in Roanoke, White created numerous watercolors of native cultures and the natural environment. White created this untitled watercolor between 1585 and 1593. The…

Aurora and the Fairy

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This illustration accompanies the fairy tale, "Sleeping Beauty," in Armand Eisen's A Treasury of Children's Literature. It depicts a fairy bestowing the gift of beauty on Aurora at her christening ceremony.

DeMolli Oral History Transcript

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Oral history narrated by Mary Kannon DeMolli at her home on February 9, 2014. Mary DeMolli discusses her Lebanese and Catholic upbringing in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in the 1940s and 1950s.

Elementary Student Essay on Hiroshima Atom Bomb

On that sixth of August I wasn’t going to school yet. At the time, I was playing in front of the public bath near home. Then Sei-chan said, “Please go to the garden and pick some flowers.” So I was on my way to get them. All of a sudden there…

Friends of Oberlin Village Oral History with Swade Sanders

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This item is an excerpt of an oral history transcription with Swade Sanders that took place on April 24, 2014. The entire interview was an hour and 15 minutes long, but the excerpt is only 3 pages, (6 minutes and 58 seconds of the interview).

Harold's Club

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Harold’s Club Wants Lady clerks between the ages of 21 and 35 capable of learning to deal games at Harold’s Club under expert teachers. Many of our present lady dealers who started this way are now earning $60 a Week Experience unnecessary but…

Interview of Francis King

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Francis King, a local civil rights leader, was involved in the 1963 Civil Rights Movement in Williamston, NC.