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Ellis Island, The Immigrant’s Gateway to America
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”. So reads the inscription on the Statue of Liberty from Emma Lazarus’ 1883 sonnet “The New Colossus”. While Lady Liberty…
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Artists in Search of Simplicity: 150th years since the Birth of Sculptor Constantin Brancusi
by Francesca Lungarotti There’s an important element that unites some of the most famous names in the 20th-century art scene: simplicity. This element exemplifies a return to origins, a return to purity and to lines that require no detail but are capable of expressing everything with less. Rodin, Picasso, and Modigliani have played a key…
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James Farmer: Civil Rights Hero
“I don’t see any future for the nation without integration. Our lives are intertwined, our work is intertwined, our education is intertwined.” – James Farmer During February in the United States, we recall the countless contributions to our country by African-Americans. First established by President Gerald Ford in 1976, Black History Month aims to celebrate the…
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Collection Spotlight: Underwood Archives
UIG contributing partner Underwood Archives offers researchers a vintage and historic glimpse into America’s past. The collection includes thousands of images of politicians, entertainers, and other notables from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Underwood archive offers a peak at the daily lives of Americans in years gone by, humorous images from a simpler time,…
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Carnival in Italy
As a new year begins, revelers of traditional and colorful festivals turn their attention and excitement to carnival season. While the ancient origins of carnival celebrations suggest they were timed as New Year’s festivals, the modern-day carnival evolved to be more closely associated with the beginning of the solemn Christian period of Lent. The Roman Catholic liturgical…
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The State of the Union
Article Two in Section Three of the United States Constitution stipulates that the president “shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.” For the nation’s first 130 years this yearly address to Congress was…
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