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Bookmark or Share- World War II Incarceration of Japanese and Japanese Americans ...“I am an American” sign hung by the storefront owner of Japanese descent the day after Pearl Harbor, photograph by Dorothea Lange. (National Archives Identifier: 537833) The World War II experiences of Nikkei (Japanese emigrants and their descendants) in the United States are extensively documented in federal records. From surveillance conducted decades before the attack on Pearl Harbor to ...
- Genealogy: Ethnic Heritage Links | National ArchivesA selection of links to websites that are useful for ethnic genealogical research. See also: Genealogy State Archives Vital Records Contents African-American Asian Australia and New Zealand British Isles Eastern European and Russian French-Canadian Hispanic: Central and South America, Mexico, Caribbean, and the West Indies Jewish Native American Western European African-American African ...
- 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Voting Rights (1870)EnlargeDownload Link Citation: The House Joint Resolution Proposing the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, December 7, 1868; Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789-1999; General Records of the United States Government; Record Group 11; National Archives View All Pages in the National Archives Catalog View Transcript Passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870 ...
- The Transcontinental Railroad - National ArchivesBeginning in 1863, the Union Pacific, employing more than 8,000 Irish, German, and Italian immigrants, built west from Omaha, Nebraska; the Central Pacific, whose workforce included over 10,000 Chinese laborers, built eastward from Sacramento, California.
- Ethnic Heritage Bibliography | National ArchivesThese books are available in the Archives Library Information Center at the National Archives Building downtown and at College Park. We also have over 100 genealogical CD-ROMs available for use in the Library downtown. (See the Genealogical CD-ROMs web site.) If you have suggestions for books that we should add to this list, please e-mail us at alic@nara.gov. Contents: [table striped="true ...
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