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The Meaning of Evacuation Day Escapes Most New Yorkers Today

The Meaning of Evacuation Day Escapes Most New Yorkers Today

The Meaning of Evacuation Day Escapes Most New Yorkers Today

By Jerry Mikorenda

American Revolution, British EraGuest UserNovember 23, 2016Comment

“Selling Service” and “Venting Your Spleen”: Anti-Vice Policing in WWII NYC

“Selling Service” and “Venting Your Spleen”: Anti-Vice Policing in WWII NYC

“Selling Service” and “Venting Your Spleen”: Anti-Vice Policing in WWII NYC

By Emily Brooks

Crime & Policing, Gender & SexualityGuest UserNovember 16, 2016Comment

Safe in the City: Risk in Early Twentieth Century New York

Safe in the City: Risk in Early Twentieth Century New York

Safe in the City: Risk in Early Twentieth Century New York

By Ross J. Wilson

Medicine & Public Health, Business & LaborGuest UserNovember 9, 2016Comment

Ronald H. Bayor's Encountering Ellis Island

Ronald H. Bayor's Encountering Ellis Island

Ronald H. Bayor's Encountering Ellis Island

Reviewed by Catherine M. Burns

Reviews, Waterfront & Islands, Race & EthnicityGuest UserNovember 2, 2016Comment

Sour, Sweet, Bitter, Spicy: Stories of Chinese Food and Identity in America

Sour, Sweet, Bitter, Spicy: Stories of Chinese Food and Identity in America

Sour, Sweet, Bitter, Spicy: Stories of Chinese Food and Identity in America

Exhibit Reviewed by Minju Bae

Reviews, Race & EthnicityGuest UserOctober 27, 2016Comment

Even the Brooklyn Boy Needs a Break: Walt Whitman’s Summer Fling in Greenport

Even the Brooklyn Boy Needs a Break: Walt Whitman’s Summer Fling in Greenport

Even the Brooklyn Boy Needs a Break: Walt Whitman’s Summer Fling in Greenport

By Karen Karbiener

Arts & Culture, Brooklyn, ManhattanGuest UserOctober 25, 2016Comment

“Invaders”: Black Ladies of the ILGWU and the Emergence of the Early Civil Rights Movement in New York City

“Invaders”: Black Ladies of the ILGWU and the Emergence of the Early Civil Rights Movement in New York City

“Invaders”: Black Ladies of the ILGWU and the Emergence of the Early Civil Rights Movement in New York City

By Janette Gayle

Business & Labor, Gender & SexualityGuest UserOctober 19, 2016Comment

Beyond “Ghetto Arts”: Vinnette Carroll’s Urban Arts Corps

Beyond “Ghetto Arts”: Vinnette Carroll’s Urban Arts Corps

Beyond “Ghetto Arts”: Vinnette Carroll’s Urban Arts Corps

By Hillary Miller

Arts & Culture, ExcerptsGuest UserOctober 11, 2016Comment

Stephen Petrus and Ronald D. Cohen's Folk City

Stephen Petrus and Ronald D. Cohen's Folk City

Stephen Petrus and Ronald D. Cohen's Folk City

Reviewed by Christine Kelly

Arts & Culture, ReviewsGuest UserOctober 6, 2016Comment

The Origins of “Antibusing” Politics: New York City Protests and Revision of the Civil Rights Act

The Origins of “Antibusing” Politics: New York City Protests and Revision of the Civil Rights Act

The Origins of “Antibusing” Politics: New York City Protests and Revision of the Civil Rights Act

By Matthew Delmont

Education, Race & EthnicityGuest UserOctober 4, 2016Comment