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2020

Format:	Book
Author:	Harris, Duchess, author.
Title:	The 1924 Immigration Act and its relevance today / by Duchess Harris with Carolyn Williams-Noren.
Publisher, Date:	Minneapolis, Minnesota : Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2020]
Description:	48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Summary:	"Throughout US history, many immigrant groups have faced discrimination. This has sometimes led to laws that restrict immigration. The 1924 Immigration Act limited immigration from eastern and southern Europe. [This book] explores this act and how it has shaped modern immigration laws"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:	Freedom's promise Harris, Duchess. Freedom's promise.
Subjects:	Emigration and immigration law -- Juvenile literature. Citizenship -- United States -- History. Xenophobia -- Juvenile literature. United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Other Author:	Williams-Noren, Carolyn, author.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.
Contents:	A new act -- Early immigration -- Greater restrictions -- Legacy.
LCCN:	2019942002
ISBN:	1532190883 (lib. bdg.) 9781532190889 (lib. bdg.)
Other Number:	1121085264
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Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	834279
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Call Number:	j 342.73 Harris

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