New York Now: Home Artists Profile: Sara Bennett
A look at the work of Sara Bennett, featured in the exhibition "New York Now: Home."
Movements and Causes
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New York Now: Home Artists Profile: Anders Jones
A look at the work of Anders Jones currently on view in the exhibition "New York Now: Home."
From Photographs to Fingerprints
How did city administrations record, store, and keep track of the identities of millions of residents who lived in New York City before digitization and computers?
Laundry Worker Activism in the era of Chinese Exclusion
Sarah Seidman, Puffin Foundation Curator of Social Activism, takes a closer look at three of the photos featured in "Activist New York's" newest case study, "The Alliance is for the Laundrymen: Organizing and Chinese Exclusion in Chinatown 1933-1952 "
From Pride March to Museum Exhibit
Museum fellow Smaran Dayal discusses recent changes to the exhibition "Activist New York," which now includes a "Current Events" section and features his involvement with intersectional queer political activism in the city.
Yuri Kochiyama and Malcolm X
Activists Yuri Kochiyama and Malcolm X, subjects of the installation "Raise Your Voice" at the Museum of the City of New York, had brief but important connections as part of their work in the Black and Asian American liberation movements and beyond.
Thirty-One in ’21: New York Women in Office Past and Present
Last week, amidst the din of political commentary following elections nationwide, New Yorkers elected 25 new women candidates to the New York City Council. The record-breaking number of women elected to the New York City Council last week include Democrats, Republicans, socialists, many overlapping identities, and several historic firsts.
For the People’s Health: Lessons from the Young Lords for Today’s New York
This fall, the Frederick A.O. Schwartz Education Center began its series “Examining Equity in NYC” that looked at the historical roots of today’s movements for change. In this post, we examine the health activism of the New York Young Lords and offer resources for bringing this crucial story to students.
The Long Fight for Educational Equity in NYC
In the fall of 2020, the Museum’s Frederick A.O. Schwarz Education Center began its series “Examining Equity in NYC,” looking at the historical roots of today’s movements for change. In this post, we dive into the stories from our workshop on the movement to desegregate the city’s public schools and offer resources for educators and students.
100 Years with the 19th Amendment
As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of voting rights for women, we look at how this has spurred digital initiatives, new monuments, collaborative consortiums, new scholarship and nuanced conversations that complicate the legacy of the suffrage movement and demonstrate the significant yet partial victory of the amendment.