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Ellis Island Opens (1900) w/ Brian Lehrer
This Day in Esoteric Political History
English - December 17, 2020 12:30 - 25 minutes - 23 MB - ★★★★★ - 913 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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It’s December 17th. On this day in 1900, the Ellis Island immigration center in New York harbor opened its doors.
Jody and Niki are joined by Brian Lehrer of WNYC to discuss the new wave of immigrants that entered the country in the first decades of the 1900s, and how the story of American immigration has evolved over the years.
Find a transcript of this episode at: https://tinyurl.com/esoterichistory
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