his focus is in east harlem, his experience may have been similar had is focused on the lower east side. norman thomas dreamed of creatine in integrated harmonious new york, not ripping on the race and nationality. i imagine he would've been hurt by the families who lived in our tenement across the street. we have a recording of sicilian catholic women, josephine valdez he remembered as a coach she lived next-door to a lithuanian jewish family. on this habit she recalled mrs. roda chassis would call for josephine to turn the light on for her. 60 years later you could still hear the pride in her voice for being called upon for that task. it is entirely probable families that in our tenement, which is open until the year 1935 discussed are admired norman thomas. tonight we're pleased to discuss his life and work with louisa thomas, author of "conscience." it should be signing copies of the book after the talk. keep in mind when you buy a copy of the featured book, were supporting the author, publisher in a museum. if you choose to become a museum member this evening, will give you a compl

kenny's father was tommy romero, a puerto rican boy born in east harlem, a different kind of ghetto that produced some successes. before he was 10, the romero family took flight to the williams burg section of brooklyn because of the numbered streets such as south 6th and south 7th which carried their direction. in time, the south street became puerto rican, displacing the italians, who moved deeper into brooklyn. the north streets were remained polish extending into green point. his parents purchased a house cheaply and over the years created a home that was a welcome place for their children and grandchildren. this haven was of such serenity that kenny often felt the same respect and awe that he experienced when entering the fragrant solitude of the catholic church, fleeing went the irish seeking refuge from the advancing harlems, the dark skin of the people making unrecognizable the prejudices they had endured when they arrived in america. the defect of memory driving them forward to separate themselves from the shadows that follow all immigrants. fleeing went the puerto ricans, escap

and he and his wife decide to move to east harlem and work in the tenements there with mostly italians and hungarians. those were the two largest immigrant populations. new york at that time, the country is is coming off of, you know, explosion of immigrants that come to the country. i think a third of the 92 or so million people were first or second generation americans. and that's when you started to see the way the country was organized. things changed. he started down that path. routh, the second brother, also went to princeton. he became a engineer, quite conservative, very happy to live a good life and be fair to others, and you know, he was also very -- when the war began he enlisted right away and became a captain in the army. edwin thomas, the third brother was much more tortured. he saw that there were -- he looked around and he saw this kind of liberal questions tended to make, you know, were not doing anything. there was a lot of hypocritical self-satisfaction and all. he asked ago when the war broke out in europe, which is that in scotland. , came back over to be a conscie

i remember when i moved from east harlem, i was offered crack, after you get out of the subway. by the time i left, they were offering black marketed cigarettes. and i would take them up, but i don't like pall malls. >> you have a blood stain on your shoulder. >> this is just a stain. >> this is a blood stain. >> aggravated assault. >> close-up, everyone. god bless you, iceland. do you have a comment? this is red eye. leave a voicemail on my direct line. still to come, the half thyme report from andy levy, a jerk. sponsored by that donkra, thanks, donkra. >> welcome back. let's find out if we have done anything wrong so far with andy levy. >> thanks, greg. >> you're welcome. casey anthony found not guilty. greg you said, yeah, instead of walking the green mile, casey anthony was all smiles. the correct phrase was the last mile. the green mile was only from the movie of the same way because the walk to the chair was a stretch of faded green lime linoleum. you're welcome. >> how did you know i was thinking thank you? >> it was all over your face. you said of casey, bella veta, ind

church, looks like he's living a very comfortable life, and he and his wife decided to move to east harlemnd work in the tenements you will see cotillions and hungarian, those are the two largest immigrant populations. at that time the country is just coming off the explosion of immigrants than the second-generation americans, anv the change and he started oncu that half. while the second brother became an engineer, quite conservative, very happy lived a good life and perfectly victorian young men she enlisted right away in the army. and if her brother was much more tortured. and this kind of effort they tended to make and were not doing anything and were not hypocritical. when the war broke out in europe and over the projection was and they're came back over the united states into the war and constantly have to push the boundaries to show that he was being treated on the self principles and keeping some kind of lights and in this young goose was less sure what to do. traveled to princeton, kind of didn't know what he wanted to do, thought about being a farmer, a missionary. >> you have th

from the period including one from the vaccination and italy which is then on the upper east side of new york and harlem and february the public health department, the vision of the contagious infection disease said the vaccination squad to the neighborhood. there were 125 physicians accompanied by an equal number of police. the corner of this district on a couple blocks within the area where they had people hiding sick children and they entered the battle of the night. they waited until they thought everybody would be asleep, they burst into the place and went from home to home inspecting covers and closets, looking for people with smallpox and also vaccinating everyone and they would inspect the vaccinations car and insist seeing the are, looking at the scar. public health officials claimed they could read someone's score and get a sense of how recent it was and if it was still good and there were these seems of a man running out back doors, leaping over fences and the light, with men fighting with health officers and police as they took infected children, and they did find infected children, away fro

including one for vaccination rate in little italy which was then in the upper upper east side of new york, an italian harlem. in the middle of the night, february night, the public health department, sent a vaccination squad to this neighborhood. there were 125, accompanied by an equal number of club carrying police. they cordoned off the tenement district on a couple of blocks in the area where they had heard reports people were hiding sick children, and entered. they waited until they thought everybody would be asleep. and went from home to home inspecting cupboards and closets looking for people with smallpox, and also vaccinating everyone. they would inspect the vaccination scar. they would look at the arm, see this car, public health officials claimed they could read someone's car and get a sense of how recently it was and if it was still good. in these scenes of men running out backdoors, leaping over fences and the like, women fighting, literally struggling with health officers and police as they took infected children. and they did find infected children, away from their mothers, to take into the is

from the time including one about vaccination rates in lully which is out the upper upper east side of new york. harlem. in the middle of the night, february 9th the public-health department contagions an infectious diseases sent a squad to this neighborhood. there were 125 physicians accompanied by an equal number of club carrying police. they cordoned off the district a couple of blocks where they had people hiding sick children. they entered in the middle of the night. they waited until the thought there would be asleep, burst into the place, and when from home to home inspecting cupboards and closets looking for people with smallpox and vaccinating everyone. they would insist upon seeing the arm, looking at the star. public health officials claimed that they could read someone's car and get a sense of how reason did was, if it was still good. the scene of men running out of back doors, leaping over fences and the like, women fighting with, literally struggling with health office and police as they took infected children. in they did find infected children. away from their mothers into the isolation