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German migration to the United States (1820–1870)

1820 - 1870

French colonial migration to New France and the Caribbean (1604–1763)

1604 - 1763

Formation of Chicago's Bronzeville Cultural Institutions (1915–1950)

1910 - 1950

First Great Migration (1910–1930)

1910 - 1930

Federal Housing Administration Policies and Redlining (1934–1970)

1933 - 1970

Expulsion of Asians from Uganda and UK/Commonwealth resettlement (1972–1980)

1972 - 1983

Expulsion of Asians from Uganda and subsequent refugee resettlement (1972–1974)

1971 - 1974

Expansion of the Black Press: Chicago Defender and Pittsburgh Courier (1905–1940)

1905 - 1940

English colonization of the Chesapeake and New England (1607–1640)

1607 - 1640

EEC/EU free movement and migration policy developments from the Treaty of Rome to the Single Market (1957–1992)

1957 - 1992

Detroit Race Riot (1943) and Wartime Migration Impacts (1943–1950)

1941 - 1950

Cuban exile and boat people migrations after the 1959 Revolution (1959–1994)

1959 - 1995

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