“Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York, From the Suppressed to the Strange,” by Jonathan Ezra Goldman. “Be careful in New York, Katie, the streets ...

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June 13, 2014 – “Bloomsday,” the James Joyce scholar Robert Nicholson once quipped, “has as much to do with Joyce as Christmas has to do with Jesus.” The celebrations of

One of New York’s most prominent universities has handed layoff notices to about 15 percent of its employees, marking its latest measure to rectify a $48-million budget deficit.

Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York: Jonathan Ezra Goldman with Briallen Hopper by The City Reliquary on Sun, Jun 7 at 6:00pm at The City Reliquary, Brooklyn, New York. Get tickets and event details...

During the 1920s KKK resurgence, Columbia swept anti-Black persecution under the rug

One hundred years ago today … The New York Age celebrated the heroism of James Cross, a Black man who had saved a white co-worker from a fire in the Winter Garden Building on 1646 Broadway at 50th Street on April 1st.  Its front page offered a headline blaring the hero’s name, race, and face.

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Offers a panoramic view of New York City in the 1920s, uncovering hidden histories from within entertainment, politics, arts, technology, and the law. Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York offers a ...

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Abstract. This chapter reads the 1920s fiction, verse, and journalism of Luis Muñoz Marín, written two-plus decades before he became the first democratical

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March 12, 2026, marks the centenary of opening night at the palatial, opulent Savoy Ballroom, which occupied an entire block of Lenox Avenue between 140th and

St. John's University in Queens, New York, notified employees on Feb. 19 that it will no longer recognize the two unions that have represented faculty members at the Catholic university since 1970.

One hundred years ago today … In a story that echoes familiarly in our time, The Evening World reported that conditions at the Ellis Island holding area for political prisoners were so unsanitary that...

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