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The Ever Evolving American Identity: a New Mission at The Tenement Museum

By Kevin Jennings

What should a museum do when its subject matter becomes one of the most contested political issues of the day? This is the question I was quickly confronted with upon assuming leadership of the Tenement Museum in July 2017. With …

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