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Question? : Where can i find more information about the Great Railway Strike of 1877? Specifically information that deals with Baltimore and the racial dynamics of the strikers and rioters. Thank you

What is the percentage of African Americans living in public housing? Do you know of a good book that illustrates the Reagan Era and its effects in communities of color (employment, housing, criminali

What are Current policies of the World Bank? Also what is United States policies regarding the World Bank?

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Hi. In response to your question to Radical Reference about the World Bank, I can give you some resources to get you started with those questions.

Question? : I'm looking for information about "blind
culture" in the USA. "Deaf culture" is pretty strong and easy to identify -- there are deaf advocates, there's a movement against cochlear implants, and a general sense of a deaf political and cultural identity. Is there a similar movement among blind or visually-impaired people?

I was wondering if there are any books or websites that offer analyses of addiction issues in a more radical context as opposed to the more traditional, "psych 101" genre?

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The GENOGRAPHIC project, organized as a research partnership of National Geographic and IBM, proposes to explore the migratory history of man by analysing mutation patterns in mitichondrial DNA and the Y chromosome. The focus will be on indigenous populations, but individuals from the general public are invited to participate by anonymously submitting two samples of DNA (buccal swabs) and a fee of $100. Some of us are torn between interest in the project and concern that this vast collection of diverse genetic material may be used in other applications (for instance, the establishment of a genetic research bank using the spare second sample...). Any insights, advice, reassurances or caveats from someone more fully acquainted with this would be much appreciated.

A member of the Missouri Prisoners Labor Union is looking for Missouri Dept. of Corrections inmate per capita costs summary for fiscal years 1993-2004. Specifically "the policies needed Search IS-20-1

I'm looking for info on Sacco & Vanzetti's defense attorney. I work in the home where he lived.

Why was abortion made illegal in the 1800s? what were some of the laws preventing women from getting abortions? (any primary sources would be very helpful). what did the american medical association have to do with the prohibition of abortion in the 1800s?

I am looking for information about FCC complaints. Is there any database that lists, for example, complaints that Verizon might have filed with the FCC about other ISP's interference with their wirele