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December 3, 2019 Family / Immigration

Memory of an Immigrant Past

By Nicole Morsfield I’ve lived in the U.S. my whole life, and the only family members of mine who immigrated

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November 14, 2019 Family / Identity / Immigration / Urban

Open-Door Policy in Corktown

By Eileen LeValley My name is Eileen LeValley. I grew up in historical “Corktown” in Detroit, Michigan. My grandfather came

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October 24, 2019 Family / Immigration

Moving Across the World

Hadeel Al-Daoud, graduate student in Communication, shared her story of moving to the United States from Jordan. I grew up

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October 17, 2019 Family / Immigration

Polish Records and Wafers

By Tony Dombrowski Though I am a quarter Czechoslovakian from my mother’s side, along with an eighth German, Italian and

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