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Special | 51m 37s | Video has audio description
En 1927, la inundación del río Misisipi desde Nueva Orleans hasta Illinois dejó a 1 millón de personas sin hogar provocando una importante migración negra hacia el norte.
Aired: 04/16/01
Expires: 08/23/25
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On May 28, 1900, San Francisco policemen formed a perimeter around Chinatown as officials diagnosed bubonic plague in the neighborhood and wanted to quarantine the nearly 20,000 residents. As tensions flared, an influential group of merchants known as the Chinese Six Companies sprang into action.
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