Author Archives: Jamie P. Palmer
“Our Very Own Island in the City”
People from all over the world migrated to New York in an effort to have a better life. They predicted opportunities within the city and jumped in to join those seeking those opportunities. We are told of the numerous ethnicities that … Continue reading
♫ A Change is Gonna Come ♫ …but when???
Released in 1964, the song entitled “A Change is Gonna Come” was taken up by the civil rights movement. It conveys a desire to put a stop to prejudice, discrimination, segregation and other societal issues that have negatively impacted the … Continue reading
… and so they ended the War with a “Bang”!!!
5. The expansion of opportunities for same-sex relationships. 4. Migration to the suburbs and the “Sunbelt”, which was that area surrounding the Southwestern states and majority of the old Confederacy. 3. The expansion of housing which contributed profusely to the … Continue reading
The Value of the Roof
The autumn of 1929 was when it started; the American nations experienced an unexpected and detrimental incident that sabotaged the economy and deprived the citizens of opportunities – The Great Depression. Signs of damage was evident in various aspects … Continue reading
” Hey! Did you Subscribe to the Local Newspaper? “
The reformation of social and physical environment after the revolution, in Chudacoff’s publication, was worked towards from several perspectives. This was done in order to make the citizens more aware of conditions of their environment, which would then help them to … Continue reading
Five Points: The “Point” of No Return
Five Points was where it went down – the rebelling, the yelling, the fighting, the frighting… It was the “point” where the Gangs of New York could be found. Known to have the highest murder rate of any slum in … Continue reading
Countless Cultures 3.0
New York’s population, as stated in writings by Binder and Reimers, maximized greatly during the 1720s, as the count jumped from 33,131 to 60,489. This vast popluation growth caused the problematic result of assimilating the new-New Yorkers. The city’s population … Continue reading
All Aboard!!! ^.^
*toot-toot* The instigation of the railroad in the 1840s was an prominent upgrade to the city’s earlier means of transportation, which was by horse. The horse generally took an average of four to six days to travel the same distance … Continue reading
… and this time, They Riot!!!
According to the Bernstein reading, the Draft Riot began as a demonstration on the morning of July 13 and expanded into the catastrophic event we read about. It stated that those who were targeted, were the black folks and the … Continue reading
“Stick & Stones May Break Our Bones, But We Will Get Our Freedom”… and They Did!!!
Stated in the readings and the website, were information pertaining to slavery, covering who the slaves were, how they were treated and their reaction to their treatment. Homberger shares with us the ones who were brought into the City of … Continue reading