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The social heritage and customs of an organized community,society or ethnic group.
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political correctness
Culture; American culture
Seemingly innocent phrase used by conservatives and others to denigrate multicultural efforts and sensitivities. The phrase evokes insincerity and empty rules, rather than new, ...
segregation
Culture; American culture
Segregation, which kept blacks and whites separate in their social relations, developed in the aftermath of Reconstruction as a system of race control and oppression. Its ...
Alcoholics Anonymous
Culture; American culture
Self-help group to combat alcohol addiction through a twelve-step program to quit and stay dry. Founded by Bill Wilson and Doctor Bob Smith in 1935, it has become a worldwide ...
Ivy League
Culture; American culture
Seven Eastern universities—Harvard (Cambridge, Massachusetts), Yale (New Haven, Connecticut), Princeton (Princeton, New Jersey), Dartmouth (Hanover, New Hampshire), Brown ...
folk art
Culture; American culture
Several distinctions should be made between folk art and the more familiar high art, the art of the masters and of most museums. In contrast to the materials, practices and ...
Hungarian Americans
Culture; American culture
Several hundred thousand Hungarians migrated to the US during the years 1880–1914, mostly landless young men seeking work. A substantial number, possibly as many as one-half, ...
GI Bill of Rights
Culture; American culture
Signed into law in June 1944, the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, better known as the GI Bill of Rights, offered education and home-loan benefits to Second World War veterans. The ...
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