Immigration History

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Immigration History

These U.S. Immigrants Won the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology

Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori and her husband Carl Ferdinand Cori shared the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the process of glycogen conversion.

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Immigration History

Immigration and Competition

Immigrants are noted as a major source of innovation in business — some of this comes from competing with businesses run by native-born entrepreneurs.

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Immigration History

Immigration and the History of "White People Only" Laws

Since the 1790 Naturalization Act allowed “all white male inhabitants” to qualify for citizenship, the idea of whiteness has shaped U.S. immigration policy through laws and norms.

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Immigration History

Immigration Under President Kennedy

While campaigning for president, John F. Kennedy said, “we must remove the distinctions between native-born and naturalized citizens to assure full protection of our laws to all.”

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Immigration History

U.S. Immigrants Who've Won Microbiology's Top Prize

Since 1953 the prize has been awarded for outstanding contributions to the field. Of the prize's dozens of winners, a handful have been U.S. immigrants.

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Immigration History

FDR and Immigration

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four-term presidency spanned the Great Depression and World War II, both of which had major impacts on U.S. immigration.

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Immigration History

These Leading Sociologists Were U.S. Immigrants

Since 1980, the American Sociological Association has awarded the W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award, with several immigrant recipients whose experiences shaped their work.

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Immigration History

Immigration During the New Deal

Enacted by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1936), the New Deal introduced sweeping programs to fight the Great Depression. Immigrants both shaped it and benefited from it.

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Immigration History

These U.S. Immigrants Won Political Science's Most Prestigious Prize

These Skytte Prize-winners had something else in common besides influence in their fields: all emigrated to the U.S. from their countries of origin.

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