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| Introduction Constructing the Past |
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CHAPTER 1 Reconstruction and the Rise of the Ku Klux Klan |
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1 | (20) |
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3 | (16) |
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1. Initiation Oath of the Knights of the White Camelia |
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2. Testimony of Victims of the Ku Klux Klan |
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3. Congressional Inquiry into Klan Activities |
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4. Hon. Job E. Stevenson of Ohio, Speech to the House of Representatives |
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5. Benjamin Bryant, From Experience of a Northern Man Among the Ku-Klux |
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6. W. H. Gannon, "How to Extirpate Ku-Kluxism from the South" |
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20 | (1) |
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CHAPTER 2 The Great Strike of 1877 |
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21 | (18) |
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21 | (4) |
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25 | (11) |
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1. "Fair Wages" by a Striker |
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2. "The Recent Strikes" by the President of the Pennsylvania Railroad |
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28 | (2) |
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3. Allan Pinkerton, from Strikers, Communists, Tramps and Detectives |
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30 | (2) |
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4. Samuel Gompers, "... A Declaration of Protest in the Name of American Manhood..." |
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32 | (2) |
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5. Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, "The Great Uprising" |
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34 | (1) |
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6. Henry Ward Beecher, "There Is No Rich Class and No Working Class Under the Law" |
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35 | (1) |
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CHAPTER 3 When Cultures Collide: Wounded Knee |
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39 | (24) |
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39 | (3) |
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42 | (18) |
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1. Z. A. Parker, "The Ghost Dance Observed" |
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42 | (2) |
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2. Letters from Reservations by United States Agents |
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44 | (4) |
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3. "... No White People in the Other World ...", Selwyn's Interview with Kuwapi |
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4. "... Indians Armed to the Teeth..." |
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5. "...Defrauding Us of Vested Rights..." |
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6. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1891 |
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7. Three Letters by Military Leaders |
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8. Eyewitness Reports of Indians Interviewed by the Office of Indian Affairs |
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55 | (2) |
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9. Government and Military Statements on Wounded Knee |
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57 | (3) |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (1) |
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CHAPTER 4 New Americans: The Immigrants |
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63 | (24) |
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63 | (3) |
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1. Jacob Riis, "Little Italy" |
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67 | (1) |
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2. Rocco Corresca, "The Biography of a Bootblack" |
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68 | (4) |
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3. Jacob Riis, "Chinatown" |
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72 | (2) |
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4. Lee Chew, "The Biography of a Chinaman" |
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74 | (6) |
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80 | (1) |
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6. Rose Schneiderman, "A Cap Maker's Story" |
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81 | (4) |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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CHAPTER 5 Building an Empire: America and the Philippines |
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87 | (24) |
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87 | (3) |
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1. Albert J. Beveridge, "The March of the Flag" |
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91 | (2) |
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2. William Graham Sumner, "The Conquest of the United States by Spain" |
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93 | (2) |
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3. Theodore Roosevelt, "The Strenuous Life" |
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95 | (4) |
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4. Press Opposition to the War |
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99 | (3) |
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5. Theodore Roosevelt, "National Duties" |
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102 | (2) |
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6. Proceedings of the Congressional Committee on the Philippines |
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104 | (3) |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (1) |
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108 | (1) |
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108 | (1) |
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CHAPTER 6 The Woman Rebel: Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement |
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111 | (22) |
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111 | (2) |
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1. Margaret Sanger, From The Woman Rebel |
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114 | (1) |
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2. Anthony Comstock's Views on Birth Control |
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115 | (3) |
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3. Margaret Sanger, From the Case for Birth Control |
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118 | (2) |
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4. Michael P. Dowling, From Race-Suicide |
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120 | (2) |
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5. Physicians' Statements about Birth Control |
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122 | (2) |
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6. Debate between Margaret Sanger and Winter Russell |
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124 | (5) |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (2) |
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CHAPTER 7 Selling the War: Recruitment Posters of World War I |
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133 | (18) |
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133 | (5) |
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138 | (12) |
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139 | (11) |
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150 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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CHAPTER 8 Science on Trial: Tennessee Versus John Thomas Scopes |
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151 | (20) |
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151 | (4) |
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1. George William Hunter, From Civic Biology |
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156 | (2) |
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158 | (8) |
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3. H. L. Mencken, "In Memoriam: W. J. B." |
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166 | (3) |
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169 | (1) |
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169 | (1) |
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169 | (1) |
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CHAPTER 9 Writing the Great Depression |
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171 | (22) |
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171 | (4) |
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1. Americans Write to Their Leaders |
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175 | (3) |
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2. Tom Kromer, From Waiting for Nothing |
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178 | (4) |
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3. Meridel Le Sueur, "Women on the Breadlines" |
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182 | (2) |
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4. Meridel Le Sueur, "I Was Marching" |
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184 | (3) |
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187 | (3) |
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190 | (1) |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (1) |
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CHAPTER 10 In Love and War: Exploring World War II through Family and Oral History |
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193 | (28) |
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193 | (2) |
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195 | (24) |
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1. The War Letters of Skipper and Joy Bilhartz |
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195 | (20) |
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2. An Interview with Alfred John Sandberg, Jr. |
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215 | (3) |
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3. Historical Statistics of the United States, 1940-1950 |
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218 | (1) |
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219 | (1) |
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CHAPTER 11 Setting the Temperature of the Cold War |
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221 | (20) |
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221 | (4) |
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1. Henry L. Stimson, "On Active Service" and "Memorandum for the President" |
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2. George F. Kennan, The Long Telegram |
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3. Henry A. Wallace, Letter to President Truman |
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233 | (5) |
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238 | (1) |
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238 | (1) |
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CHAPTER 12 The Civil Rights Movement: Freedom Summer, 1964 |
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241 | (26) |
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241 | (3) |
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1. Anne Moody, From Coming of Age in Mississippi |
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245 | (3) |
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2. SNCC Pamphlet on Voting Rights |
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248 | (2) |
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3. Prospectus for the Mississippi Freedom Summer |
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4. Robert Moses Memorandum |
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251 | (1) |
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5. Reporting Freedom Summer |
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252 | (9) |
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6. Howard Zinn, Journey to Understanding |
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261 | (3) |
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264 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (2) |
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267 | (22) |
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267 | (3) |
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270 | (17) |
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4.-6. Treatment of Civilians and Prisoners |
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275 | (2) |
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277 | (10) |
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287 | (1) |
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288 | (1) |
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288 | (1) |
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289 | (26) |
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289 | (3) |
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1. Randy Shilts, From And the Band Played On |
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2. Everett Koop, "The Early Days of AIDS as I Remembered Them" |
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3. Abraham Verghese, From My Own Country: A Doctor's Story |
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300 | (6) |
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306 | (3) |
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5. From the ACT UP / Golden Gate Web Site |
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6. Margaret Conners, "Unraveling the Epidemic among Poor Women in the United States" |
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314 | (1) |
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314 | (1) |
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314 | (1) |
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| Credits |
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