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Roman Catholic Churches in the U.S. can be vibrant and diverse places today, but were they segregated earlier in America's history? Specifically, did Black Americans struggle to find welcoming churches during Reconstruction? What about after the Civil Rights movement?	47
How did slavery end in Mexico, and was was life like for black Mexicans in the wake of emancipation? How did this process compare to Reconstruction and Jim Crow in the US?	42
A member of the flight crew that bombed Hiroshima stated: "I never heard the words 'atomic bomb'... We were only told what we needed to know, and to keep your mouth shut." What about the flight crews who bombed Nagaski days later? Did they know what they carried, given Hiroshima's bombing?	41
Were there more "polite" alternatives to the word "slave" in the Antebellum American South? For instance in Haiti, the people enslaved on the immensely profitable and horrifically brutal sugar plantations were often referred to as "cultivators."	34
Slavery in Cuba lasted until 1886. Today, Cubans protesting the regime are singing a song by an Afro-Cuban band as a protest anthem. How have Black Cubans’ relationship with the State evolved since then, especially following the 1953 Communist Revolution? Was there a Cuban Civil Rights movement?	32
Why did Brazil remain a cohesive state after colonial rule collapsed, while Spanish American colonies collapse into disunity along viceregal lines?	29
Audits are nearly as old as accounting, and according to The Economist, “Mercantile guilds would audit public accounts in the a Middle Ages.” What were audits like in the Middle Ages?	28
"During Polish enlightenment the Polish-Lithuanian gentry thought they originated from Persia (this, is just partially true), and cosplayed as East Iranians for quite long time (till 18th century)." Is this an accurate characterization?	21
How did sainthood's significance shift as Christianity evolved from an insurgent minority religion to a source of authority for rulers? Were rebellious martyred saints less common as time went on, for example?	19
During the American Revolution, what was the independence movement like in Toronto? Were certain interest groups advocating joining the revolutionaries rather than sitting back and remaining loyalist? What were the economic and political factors motivating key demographic groups?	18

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