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 ===Other Records===
 ===Military Records===
-*Highway History: The Road to Civil Rights: [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/highwayhistory/road/s16.cfm World War II - The Alaska Highway] (US Department of Transportation)
+After the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867, the US Army assigned a small number of African Americans to keep the peace. <ref>Black Heritage Sites: The South. Page 31.</ref>  A large migration of African Americans to Alaska occurred during WWII, when African American engineers and troops were assigned to construct the Alaska Highway.<ref>"African American / Blacks," "Alaska's Cultures," ''Alaska History & Cultural Studies'', accessed 11 May 2018. </ref>  To learn more about this and other African American military history, see [https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/highwayhistory/road/road.pdf?CFID=36625080&CFTOKEN=583902d92a422304-E947FF3C-E92E-A9B2-A6FCAD0BC8C93573 The Road to Civil Rights: WWII - The Alaska Highway] (US Department of Transportation).
-*After the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867, the US Army assigned a small number of African Americans to keep the peace. <ref>Black Heritage Sites: The South. Page 31.</ref>
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