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African American Land-Grant Colleges
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Congress Investigates Agent Orange
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Constitutional Rights v. Congressional Powers
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Copyrighting Creative Works - 1
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Creating a Knowledge-Based Democracy
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Educating the Emancipated
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Educating Veterans, Preserving Their Stories
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Establishing a Library for Congress - 1
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Fostering Medical Discovery
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett: Antilynching Activism
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Ida M. Tarbell: Exposing Standard Oil
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Investigating the Watergate Scandal
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Lewis Hine: Exposing Child Labor
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Preserving African American History
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Rebuilding the Library of Congress
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The Burning of the Capitol, 1814
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The Library's New Home
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The Slave Narratives Project - 1
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The Teapot Dome Scandal
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Title IX
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Upton Sinclair: Cleaning Up the Meat Industry
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Voices of Slavery - 1
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War of 1812: Congress Investigates
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