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Read MoreThink there are few heroes in our cynical age? The Carnegie Hero Fund knows thousands.
Read MoreWhen W.E.B. DuBois debated Lothrop Stoddard, white supremacy was laughed off the stage.
Read MoreBooted out of the Reich, Dorothy Thompson warned Americans of Nazis in their midst. Was anyone listening?
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