Assimilation and the American ideal in a diverse nation
John Higham discusses how the United States fostered a universalist ideal while practicing exclusion of nonwhite groups. He traces immigrant mobility, the role of public schooling, and evolving attitudes from the 19th century through emancipation and abolition, highlighting tensions between freedom rhetoric and racial hierarchy.
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Television Schedule Fragment and Civil Rights Commentary
A dense listing shows film titles and TV programs across many time slots, including Seven Days in May Arsenic and Old Lace The Strange Loves of Martha Ivers Never Let Me Go and outros. The excerpt ends with a long reflection on Reconstruction to Civil rights and assimilation in American society.
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