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I am a Black American soldier returning home from WW1/WW2. How possible is it for me to keep my weapon that was issued to me during the war? How many of my fellow Black soldiers do the same? How were my white countrymen able to bring home weapons? What hurdles do I have to overcome?	2
How much influence and power did Edith Wilson have after her husband Woodrow Wilson's stroke? Did she essentially act as co-Vice President?	2
I am a African-American soldier returning home (to the North) from Europe after WW2. Am I ever shafted from using my G.I. bill to the fullest extent?	2
What was the Catholic Church’s policy and attitude towards segregation in the American South? Were Catholic schools, and orphanages segregated?	2
Is it true that after the Civil War the Federal government over time enacted policies to ensure that States were so reliant on Federal dollars/aid that essentially no State could secede from the Union again?	2
Immediately after the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, was it labeled a terrorist attack?	2
Is it true that during the Far East Tribunal, the Japanese tried to justify their actions by relating Japanese conquest of China to U.S. and European imperialism of the late 19th and early 20th century	2
After the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, what were the political legacies of Southern officials who had oppressed blacks? How do Southerners view them -- Governors, Mayors, Sheriffs.	2
Are there any humanizing moments in History for famous figures?	2
From 1798 to 1942 the United States Marine Corp denied Black Americans the opportunity to join. Why, when the US Army and Navy had at least some all-Black units prior to desegregation?	2

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