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A History of US Public Libraries

Prisoners at Home: Everyday Life in Japanese Internment Camps

Golden Age of Radio in the US

Patriotic Labor: America during World War I

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

Fake News in the 1890s: Yellow Journalism

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

The Columbian Exchange

The Rise of Italian Fascism and Its Influence on Europe

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Save your Favorite DPLA Items with New List Feature
August 1, 2018
We are pleased to announce a new website feature that allows users to create lists of items from across the Digital Public Library of America’s collections. With this new tool,…
Save the Date: DPLAfest 2019 to take place in Chicago on April 17-18
July 11, 2018
The next DPLAfest and DPLA Network Day will take place at Chicago Public Library’s Harold Washington Library Center.
DPLA launches Open Bookshelf, a Collection of Free Ebooks
June 21, 2018
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is pleased to announce the launch of Open Bookshelf, a digital library collection of popular books free to download and handpicked by librarians…

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