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Author Interviews
3:57 pm
Sat July 21, 2012

From Juvie To J.D.: The Story Of A 'Runaway Girl'

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Originally published on Sat July 21, 2012 4:24 pm

When Carissa Phelps was 12, she dropped out of seventh grade in the small town of Coalinga, Calif. Her homelife was dysfunctional and soon, she ran away.

Her life on the streets took its toll, and before long the unthinkable happened: she was kidnapped by a pimp and forced into prostitution.

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History
3:24 pm
Sat July 21, 2012

Immigration, The Gold Mountain And A Wedding Photo

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Wedding photograph of Wong Lan Fong and Yee Shew Ning, 1926.
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Immigrants arriving at Angel Island in 1931.
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A Raumo Egyptian cigarettes package from 1914-15 contained an accompanying "coaching note" in Chinese. Hopeful immigrants would memorize answers to make sure they were responding to questions from immigration officials correctly. A note was found hidden in this pack and reads, "Grandmother bound feet. Chun Seak with me not recognize. Sure remember."
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The wedding photograph of Wong Lan Fong and Yee Shew Ning, in front of the Mei Yi Mei Church, a Chinese Methodist Church, at the island of Honam, across the Pearl River from Canton (now Guangzhou) in 1926.
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Wong Lan Fong only spent one to two nights at Angel Island at a time when most were detained for up to two weeks. This is Fong's "Declaration of Non-immigrant Alien about to Depart for the United States" document from April 27, 1927.
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Michael Pupa at age 13 in 1951. Pupa, who is now 73, is the only living individual featured in the National Archives exhibit.
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In the first page of Michael Pupa's pre-hearing summary from 1951, under "additional comments", it says "Parents taken to ghetto in 1942 supposed to be shot." Pupa, who is now 73, is the only living individual featured in the exhibit.
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Wong Lan Fong, like many Chinese immigrants, came through Angel Island in California. Here, immigrant children pose for a photo at Ellis Island.
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This coaching note reads, "Grandmother bound feet. Chun Seak with me not recognize. Sure remember."
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Originally published on Mon July 23, 2012 6:50 pm

Deep inside the National Archives in Washington, D.C., old case files tell the stories of hundreds of thousands of hopeful immigrants to the U.S. between 1880 and the end of World War II.

These stories are in the form of original documents and photographs that were often attached to immigrant case files. Many of them are part of a new exhibit at the Archives, called "Attachments."

For University of Minnesota history professor Erika Lee, one of these attachments turned out to be very special.

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Author Interviews
6:35 am
Sat July 21, 2012

'Our Kind': Unpacking Misconceptions About AIDS

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Around the Nation
6:35 am
Sat July 21, 2012

In Movie Theaters, How Much Security Is Enough?

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The tragedy at the showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colo., has theaters around the country beefing up security this weekend. Movie theaters make their own decisions about what level of security they need. As NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports, security experts say it's usually not enough.

Books
5:06 am
Sat July 21, 2012

Get Revved Up: London Cabbie Picks Olympic Reads

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Black taxis drive through London. Weekend Edition knows one London cabbie who treats reading like an Olympic sport.
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Originally published on Sat July 21, 2012 6:35 am

At the end of July, thousands of visitors will descend on one of the great literary landscapes of history for the London Olympics. And if they're lucky, they may find themselves getting a ride from a man who drives for a living, but lives to read. London cabbie Will Grozier occasionally joins Weekend Edition to discuss what he's been reading. Lately, he's been thinking about books for the London Olympics visitor — reads that put both the games and the host city in context. He shares his recommendations with NPR's Scott Simon.

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