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The Object of History | Behind the Scenes with the Curators of the National Museum of American History

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  • Jim Crow Rules the Day: Segregation Laws Jim Crow Rules the Day: Segregation Laws
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  • The Sit-in Students Captured on Film The Sit-in Students Captured on Film
  • How it Originated: Joseph McNeil's Story, Part I How it Originated: Joseph McNeil's Story, Part I
  • Origins of the Sit-in: A Sibling Remembers (Gloria Jean Blair Howard) Origins of the Sit-in: A Sibling Remembers (Gloria Jean Blair Howard)
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  • Segregation is Wrong: Protester Picket the Woolworth store Segregation is Wrong: Protester Picket the Woolworth store
  • What was the impact of the sit-ins? What was the impact of the sit-ins?
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What was the impact of the sit-ins?

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Interview with Fath Davis Ruffins, National Museum of American History, June 1, 2006.

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