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Were black American soldiers who were injured in combat treated by white or black nurses while in hospital?

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Where Black Americans ever employed as spies in the OSS and early days of the CIA?

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Are skin-whitening treatments in South Korea a result of Westernizing beauty standards or does this practice go back prior to European contact?

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Are there any examples of "bad art" in antiquity?

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After WW2, did any Nazi intellectuals lose their degrees/licenses?

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It’s the height of the Red Scare in the US. I am an American who is a huge fan of communism, every chance I get I will denounce capitalism and the American way of life. What’s the worst the US government can do to me?

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What exactly is meant by Roman "proto-racism"?

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The US used the Navajo language in the Pacific War to transmit coded messages. Why didn't the Japanese use any Ryukyuan language to code theirs?

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How was it legal to persecute Americans for being communist in the 1950s-1960s?

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What main factors led to Islam spreading rapidly after Mohammed's death?

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Were black American soldiers who were injured in combat treated by white or black nurses while in hospital?	136	AskHistorians
Where Black Americans ever employed as spies in the OSS and early days of the CIA?	135	AskHistorians
Are skin-whitening treatments in South Korea a result of Westernizing beauty standards or does this practice go back prior to European contact?	135	AskHistorians
Are there any examples of "bad art" in antiquity?	130	AskHistorians
After WW2, did any Nazi intellectuals lose their degrees/licenses?	123	AskHistorians
It’s the height of the Red Scare in the US. I am an American who is a huge fan of communism, every chance I get I will denounce capitalism and the American way of life. What’s the worst the US government can do to me?	117	AskHistorians
What exactly is meant by Roman "proto-racism"?	117	AskHistorians
The US used the Navajo language in the Pacific War to transmit coded messages. Why didn't the Japanese use any Ryukyuan language to code theirs?	115	AskHistorians
How was it legal to persecute Americans for being communist in the 1950s-1960s?	112	AskHistorians
What main factors led to Islam spreading rapidly after Mohammed's death?	112	AskHistorians