1. New York City: A Comparison and History
... operation to screen immigrants for diseases and to see if they could support themselves. Harlem developed around this time and became a predominantly black area that was home to the Harlem Renaissance. Chinese people lived in NYC, however, there were not many Chinese females, and as a result, prostitution grew in their area. Tammany Hall's Boss Tweed was imprisoned in 1871 and it ... that they would one day get office jobs. The Great Depression also raised levels of racial bigotry between different ethnic groups. Blacks lived in Harlem where they experienced the Harlem Renaissance. Much...
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