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Albany City Hall and State Capitol Building

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    As African Americans flocked to Northern cities in the 1920s, they created a new social and cultural landscape.

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  • Meet Madam CJ Walker
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    From her rough beginnings as an orphan, Madam CJ Walker went on to corner the market in black women's hair care and became the first self-made female millionaire.

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    W.E.B. Dubois was integral to the advancement of racial equality.

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    Learn how blacks serving in WWII helped forward the Civil Rights Movement.

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    One hundred and fifty years after it began, the Civil War is still an important component of our national character.

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    Reconstruction turns the south into a different type of battleground. Constitutional amendments grant freedom and suffrage to African-Americans but equality remains elusive.

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    During the roaring 1920s, inventions like home refrigeration and penicilin sent America into the modern age.

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