Up where the big bird lives and the colorful plants grow, Pighead Man brought a club because he was scared, but he didn’t need it.

Donald J. Trump You are attacking America, one district at a time. If you don't like America, can you go back to where you came from? And if there are others like you there, ... whew, sorry, my mind went funny for a moment at the idea of more than one you.

Tom and Kathleen remember Hal Willner.

See the faces of transnational migration 100 years ago through over 20000 portraits from passport applications I put together flickr.com/photos/fekete-… "migration should be a choice, not a necessity." #Internationalmigrantsday2020

"The greatest poem is lyric life itself." Our poet and hero, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, passed away on Monday, February 22nd, in the evening. We love you, Lawrence. 💖 bit.ly/3utoDbG

It’s easy to see how 215 Native children could perish in a Canadian residential school when back in the day you could buy a Native kid for $10 bucks—no questions asked. #Kamloops

My great grandfather was a return-migrant, my grandfather an immigrant, my father a refugee, and #IAmAnImmigrant. So I'm using Scalar to tell stories for #ImmigrantHeritageMonth and beyond. See it at: bit.ly/3v1PkTT Couldn't do it without #archives! #IAW2021

"Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture." - Allen Ginsberg #quote

(1) This photograph, titled ‘Assyrian mother and child’, was captured in 1918 by Ariel Varges. The photograph depicts genocide survivors fleeing the devastation of their homeland in the then Ottoman Empire.

Great conversation with the Maureen Taylor on my Scalar book project! Great to talk about #immigration photography at #EllisIsland, #AngelIsland and beyond! bit.ly/3odJde0

In 1807, Omar ibn Said, a Muslim scholar, was stolen from Senegal & sold into slavery in America. He left behind an autobiography written in Arabic. To mark the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade & its Abolition, a thread on the remarkable story of Omar…

“To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.” —Kurt Vonnegut, born 100 years ago today

Join the USCIS History Office and Library on Feb. 9 at 1 pm ET for a webinar to explore the photos of Augustus Sherman, an immigration service employee who photographed hundreds of immigrants on Ellis Island from 1905-1925. Learn more: uscis.gov/about-us/our-h…

A dream you dream alone is only a dream A dream you dream together is reality

So glad this made it to print! Congratulations, Youcef!

Coming soon to the National Archives Catalog! Our team recently finished digitizing over 400 Chinese Exclusion Act case files from the Calexico Substation of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. These files will be available here: catalog.archives.gov/id/5831059

🦋Migration is Freedom🦋 A thread 🧵⤵️ As the presidential elections inch closer, MiSC scholars have gathered recently to discuss the potential future of immigration in the US, considering the lessons history has taught us about restricting freedom of movement & asylum. 1/11

A dream come true: Just a little bit over one year after taking a big risk to launch my own walking tour company from scratch, my work now has a feature profile in THE NATION MAGAZINE!!! Check it out!!! thenation.com/article/societ…