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Memoirs of a survivor of the Bay of Pigs Invasion, January 17, 1963

In this memoir Julio A. Mestre recounts the events of the Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) at Playa Girón, Cuba. Mestre fought along with the CIA-sponsored…

Decree by the Mexican Government Stipulating the Secularization of the California Missions

This document, which consists of 15 articles, is the plan formulated by the Mexican Congress in 1833 to secularize the California missions. It…

Front of Record Cover - Berkeley Free Speech Movement

Just one digital copy of a collection of 32 photographs of the 1964 Free Speech Movement events at the University of California, Berkeley and 4 images…

White Overseer Had Negro Wife

Interview w/ Jannie Holling- formerly enslaved African American from "Utahville" South Carolina.

Indian Immigrants in the United States

"Immigrants from India first arrived in the United States in small numbers during the early 19th century, primarily as low-skilled farm laborers. In…

Percent of Children Who Speak Only English by Generation and Group

Bilingualism is common among second-generation children. Most children who grow up in immigrant households speak an immigrant language at home, but…

Educational Attainment of U.S. Adults (age 25 and over) by Nativity and Select Country of Birth, 2023

Educational attainment compared by country of origin. Shows benchmarks: 9th grade, 9th-12th, high school diploma, bachelor's degree or higher

South Carolina Slave Trade 1936-1937

Brief history of the slave trade in South Carolina