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The Tenement Museum
How To Be American
The History of Immigration and Migration
These American stories are not in your standard history book. History tends to be reduced to key moments and celebrated names, and what’s often overlooked are the stories of the ordinary people, both past and present, who have lived through journeys of immigration and migration...the people who have shaped what it means to be and to become American. How To Be American is a podcast by the Tenement Museum where from New York’s Lower East Side, we explore the history of immigration and migration in America. We share the stories of migrants and refugees, and everyone in-between. And we...
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3.8 stars from 362 ratings
And answer here , would be and surely will be quite different from each one who responds! Myself .... I almost recent the topic being brought up and the question asked ! Why ? Why now? The intro .... doesn’t ask but more clearly suggests strongly that as an American notibly those who were born...Read full review »
@billgoat66 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/13/21
I have been loving this series. I’m a huge fan of the Tenement Museum and since I have not even been able to visit their gift shop during this pandemic, this brings me close to their excellent storytelling and oral history. The host is a great storyteller. I recommend checking this out if you are...Read full review »
EatThisNY via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 01/09/21
This is not just a great introduction to the unique museum, collections, research, and pedagogy of the Tenement Museum, it does a wonderful job of providing the broader picture of immigration history and policy, and bringing it down to the level of the individual. It also really connects these...Read full review »
AG11218 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 01/08/21
Recent Episodes
We'll uncover a Pre-Harlem World that’s been buried for more than 156 years and reconstruct the forgotten histories of Black migrants in Lower Manhattan in episode 3 of How To Be American.
Published 03/12/20
Imagine that someone came to your house 150 years later: what would they find, what would those found objects say about you; about your way of life? Sometimes it’s the ever-day things you leave behind that tell stories about your past.
Published 02/27/20
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