Author Archives: julia.sung
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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