EPISODE #5:
City Lives Through Immigrants' Eyes
EPISODE #5:
City Lives Through Immigrants' Eyes
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City Lives Through Immigrants' Eyes
Like water, immigrants flow into economic and social spaces in the United States that are in need of workers and residents, making many adaptations in order to fit themselves into American lives. The stories of the Rogarshevsky family who settled into the Lower East Side of New York and Manuel Rodela Rodriguez who made his home in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas showcase how immigrants were vital participants in the making and then the rejuvenation of American cities across the country and the twentieth century.
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Rogarshevsky family portrait, 1915. Courtesy of the Tenement Museum, NY, NY.
Two garment workers protesting unfair and dangerous working conditions, 1909. Courtesy of the Tenement Museum, NY, NY.
Modern recreation of the Rogarshevsky's bedroom. Courtesy of the Tenement Museum, NY, NY.
Modern recreation of the Rogarshevsky's parlor. Courtesy of the Tenement Museum, NY, NY.
Cover of AK Sandoval Strausz's Barrio America (Basic Books, 2019).
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