Under One Roof: Teaching Immigration and Black History Through the NYC Tenements

The Tenement Museum’s Under One Roof: Teaching Immigration and Black History through the NYC Tenements will invite middle and high school educators to examine the stories and experiences of immigrant and Black families and communities at two key moments, the Civil War/Reconstruction (1860s - 1870s) and the Ellis Island immigration era (1890s - 1920s). Through guided tours, conversations with leading scholars, and visits to other key NYC historic and cultural sites, participants will identify new ways to relate Black and im/migrant history in their teaching and explore the evolution of legislation that shaped experiences of inclusion, exclusion, and American identity for these and other families and communities.