As part of the great migration of African Americans from the South to northern cities, some 200,000 African Americans moved ...

An aeriel view of downtown Manhattan from the 1920s features an elevated train track, a much wider Battery Park, and the South Ferry Terminal.FPG/Getty ImagesNew York City was the epicenter of ...

In 1900, the newly consolidated city was home to 3,437,202 people, according to New York state Census data. In 1920, that number grew to 5,620,048; of this total, well over 40% were first-or ...