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About julia.sung

First year in Baruch, went to Bronx HS of science.

Remembering the day.

When 50 academic and public historians, archivists, librarians, and directors and staff members of museums and historical societies in NY and NJ gathered together to try and figure out what would be the best way to historically collect and represent the significance … Continue reading

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American Born Taiwanese

Me and my two sisters were born in America, but my parents were born and raised in Taiwan. They moved here in the 1990’s because they graduated top of their class and were able to grant entrance to an American … Continue reading

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Protests at the Olympic Games, Past and Present

At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Tommie Smith and his teammate John Carlos came in first and third, in the 200-meter dash. As they received their medals, each man raised a black-gloved fist, representing their silent protest in the racism … Continue reading

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Chudacoff’s Top Picks

1. World War II Chudacoff probably viewed War World II as the most important change to happen from 1941- 1974. Before the World War started, the United States was in steep depression that had economy and the people’s morals low. … Continue reading

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The soup kitchens.

Although it was recorded that most of the time when men were lined up waiting to receive a whatever meal or aid they could get, they would not look each other in the eye. Most of the men were too ashamed that … Continue reading

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education reform…helpless?

With the recent departure of the New York City schools chancellor, Cathleen P. Black, it was apparent from the beginning that schools are in a huge need for reform. even the reception that greeted Ms. Black was not solemn but almost taken … Continue reading

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Horace Greeley

In the review for Gangs of New York, the author describes Horace Greeley as being the fearless reported who wrote on the behalf of workers, the poor, and the enslaved. Although he also writes how in the actual movie the … Continue reading

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My own website

My website would feature a different link  for each  category on immigration. Clicking on the topics you want, the website would direct you to a page with general background information and an introduction to that specific category. Everything on my … Continue reading

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and let the rioting begin

I choose to read start learning about the Riots in New York City from the material on the website. I noticed that is it only separated into four sections on the incident.  New York city/civil war in 1863, A city divided, the … Continue reading

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Slavery in New York

Going through the online exhibit of Slavery in New York, I  was expecting a long and throughout explanation for each picture. Especially since the slavery in New York were well documented (as we can see from Shane Whites piece Somewhat … Continue reading

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