American History Workshop researched, wrote, and curated the exhibit Slavery in New York that opened October 7, 2005, at the New-York Historical Society. Here are some notices:
- November 17, 2006: A Northern City's Southern Shame, by Francis Morrone, The New York Sun.
- November 17, 2006: The Complex Legacy of an Enslaved Past, by Edward Rothstein, The New York Times.
- November 3-9, 2005: Slaves of New York , by Nicole Blades, Time Out New York. (PDF document)
- October 9, 2005: Old North: Recalling the Real Slaves of New York, by Michael Powell, Washington Post.
- October 9, 2005: Reminding
New York of Its Hidden History,
by Robert Lee Hotz, latimes.com: Print Edition. - October 7, 2005: The
Peculiar Institution as Lived in New York,
by Edward Rothstein, The New York Times. - October 7, 2005: Remembering
New York's Bleak History,
by William Bryk, The New York Sun. - July 3, 2005: Happy
Fifth of July, New York!, by Louise Mirrer, James Oliver
Horton and Richard Rabinowitz, The New York Times. An
op-ed article discusses the history of slavery in New York and
the forthcoming exhibition.
Richard Rabinowitz was invited to outline the future of cultural practice at BEYOND THE LIBERTY BELL, a conference in Philadelphia on May 16, 2003. To read his paper, click here.
AHW's Telling Lives project was featured in an article in Museum News, January-February 2004. To read the article, click here.
AHW's Telling Lives project
was featured in an article in The New York Times, November
9, 2003.
BLACKBOARD: Oral History; Stories of the Things That Mattered, to You
By Leslie Kandell (NYT) 740 words
DISPLAYING FIRST 50 OF 740 WORDS - Three white-haired ladies squinted
at a wall of old school photos in an exhibition called ''Telling Lives''
at the New-York Historical Society. They watched a video of just-folks
recounting school memories. Their faces lighted up as their own recollections
were sparked, and they decided to enter the exhibition's inner sanctum,...