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USCRI traces its history back to 1911 with the founding of the early International Institutes and Travelers’ Aid societies. The early 1900s was a time of incredible growth for the immigrant population of the United States, by 1910, three-quarters of New York City’s population was either an immigrant or a first generation American. This increase in the immigrant population, as well as increa
The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was a United States federal government complex located at 200 N.W. 5th Street in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.On April 19, 1995, the building was the target of the Oklahoma City bombing by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, which ultimately killed 168 people and injured 684 others. [1]
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The Henry J. Leir Institute for Migration and Human Security (formally the Henry J. Leir Institute for Human Security), [1] founded in 2001, is an interdisciplinary education and research organization within The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, at Tufts University. The Leir Institute's mission is to help policymakers and practitioners ...
The Oklahoma History Center (OHC) is the history museum of the state of Oklahoma. Located on an 18-acre (7.3 ha) plot across the street from the Governor's mansion at 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive in Oklahoma City , the current museum opened in 2005 and is operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS).
The Sam Noble Museum has received a number of national and international awards, including the national award for Collection Stewardship and Heritage Preservation in 2004; the National Medal for Museums from the Institute of Museums and Library Services in 2014, the highest award from the U.S. government for a museum for being an institution that makes a difference for individuals, families ...
Voice of Witness is a non-profit organization that uses oral history to illuminate contemporary human rights crises in the U.S. and worldwide through an oral history book series (published by McSweeney's) and an education program.
The first newspaper in Oklahoma was the Cherokee Advocate, published September 26, 1844. The first four years the Heritage Center was in the basement of Mr. Hagerstrand's home. In 1966, a formal design contract was negotiated with the architectural-engineering firm of Hudgins, Thompson, Ball, and Associates (of Tulsa, Oklahoma ), which included ...