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I Love Lucy showcased an interracial couple (white Lucy/Cuban Ricky) on national television. Would their marriage be legal in the United States, given that there were anti-miscegenation laws in a number of states? Did anyone ever protest the show because of miscegenation?
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Many anti-gay PSAs portray gay people preying on young boys. How did identifying as gay become conflated with child molestation?
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When did rosewater and orange flower water fall out of favor in English and American cooking, and what prompted this change?
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Hi everyone. We at /r/HaShoah are proud to announce that we will be doing an AMA with the staff at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 27 January at 2 PM EST.
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I recently read that anti-Mormon tracts mentioned a group called "Danites". They were supposedly a LDS-affiliated vigilante group who would eliminate critics of Mormonism. Where did the idea of movement-connected vigilante groups come from? Did this group actually exist, or was this propaganda?
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I often come across the name "Angela Davis" in my readings. I know she was a black Communist Party member, but who was Angela Davis? How does Angela Davis fit in with the wider black radical tradition? How does she fit in with the Civil Rights Movement?
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It's often said that the Pharaoh in the book of Exodus is Ramses II. How accurate is this, and why is Ramses II the go-to for our conception of the historical Pharaoh in the Exodus?
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In the book of Genesis, there are repeated instances of a character and his wife going to a strange place and claiming "she is my sister" so that he would not be killed for her sake. What is the significance of this? Was this a common concern for travelers around this time?
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