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Roundtable Response: Heather Lewis

Roundtable Response: Heather Lewis

Roundtable Response: Heather Lewis

By Heather Lewis

Education, Race & EthnicityGuest UserAugust 8, 2016Comment

From Culturally-Driven to Market-Driven Academic Success: Korean “Cram Schools” in the New York Metropolitan Area

From Culturally-Driven to Market-Driven Academic Success: Korean “Cram Schools” in the New York Metropolitan Area

By Jean Park

Race & Ethnicity, EducationGuest UserAugust 6, 2016Comment

Education Activism in Parochial Schools in Post-Civil Rights Era Brooklyn

Education Activism in Parochial Schools in Post-Civil Rights Era Brooklyn

Education Activism in Parochial Schools in Post-Civil Rights Era Brooklyn

By Dominique Jean-Louis

Education, Race & Ethnicity, ReligionGuest UserAugust 5, 2016Comment

Decentralization, Decolonization, and the Not So Local Dimensions of Local Control

Decentralization, Decolonization, and the Not So Local Dimensions of Local Control

Decentralization, Decolonization, and the Not So Local Dimensions of Local Control

By Lauren Lefty

Education, Race & EthnicityGuest UserAugust 4, 2016Comment

“A Series of Blunders and Broken Promises”: IS 201 as a Turning Point

“A Series of Blunders and Broken Promises”: IS 201 as a Turning Point

“A Series of Blunders and Broken Promises”: IS 201 as a Turning Point

By Michael R. Glass

Education, Race & EthnicityGuest UserAugust 1, 2016Comment

“Can’t They Be Separated?” Italian Immigrants and Irish Workers in Gilded Age New York

“Can’t They Be Separated?” Italian Immigrants and Irish Workers in Gilded Age New York

“Can’t They Be Separated?” Italian Immigrants and Irish Workers in Gilded Age New York

By Paul Moses

Gilded Age, Business & Labor, Race & EthnicityGuest UserJuly 6, 2016 Comment

Invisible Man: Jeremiah Hamilton, the "Dark Prince" of Wall Street

Invisible Man: Jeremiah Hamilton, the "Dark Prince" of Wall Street

Invisible Man: Jeremiah Hamilton, the "Dark Prince" of Wall Street

By Shane White

Excerpts, Race & EthnicityGuest UserJune 1, 2016Comment

“Bodegas and Colmados: Dominican Vernacular Space in Washington Heights”

“Bodegas and Colmados: Dominican Vernacular Space in Washington Heights”

“Bodegas and Colmados: Dominican Vernacular Space in Washington Heights”

By Pedro A. Regalado

Manhattan, Race & EthnicityGuest UserMay 10, 2016Comment

For an Irish National Theater in New York

For an Irish National Theater in New York

For an Irish National Theater in New York

By Catherine M. Burns

Arts & Culture, Race & EthnicityGuest UserApril 26, 2016Comment

“[T]hey’re knocking down negroes ‘round here”: Public Racial Violence and Black Self-Defense in Early 20th Century NYC

“[T]hey’re knocking down negroes ‘round here”: Public Racial Violence and Black Self-Defense in Early 20th Century NYC

“[T]hey’re knocking down negroes ‘round here”: Public Racial Violence and Black Self-Defense in Early 20th Century NYC

By Douglas Flowe

Crime & Policing, Race & EthnicityGuest UserApril 12, 2016Comment