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| | Since their inaugural service in the 1830s, streetcars were a source of both convenience and resentment for the Black citizens of New Orleans. With their access limited by local "Black codes" only to "star cars"--segregated trolleys emblazoned with a black star--even free Black workers, housewives and shoppers found a daily reminder that their freedom bore scant resemblance to that of whites. |
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| | | | This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Legal Services Corp., the United States' largest funder of civil legal aid. With a current congressional appropriation of $560 million, the LSC funds 131 independent legal aid programs with more than 800 offices serving every state and the U.S. territories. The American Bar Association was critical to the LSC's creation. »Read more |
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| | Ana Raquel Minian uses the personal experiences of four immigrants to walk readers through the history of immigrant detention in the United States in In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention in the United States. |
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