DAY ONE
Begin in NY/NJ
Visit to Liberty State Park and Ellis Island National Historic Site
Movie Night: Destination America
DAY TWO
Visit the Tenement Museum–take as many of the tours as you can manage
Movie Night: How about one of the early silent films about immigrants, or else Island of Hope, Island of Tears?
DAY THREE
Sightseeing in NYC–take a Circle Line tour, visit museums, eat, etc.
If you have the money, see a Broadway show
DAY FOUR
Make arrangements in advance for the African Burial Ground National Monument tour with the National Park Service
Movie Night: Race: The Power of An Illusion–“The Story We Tell”
DAY FIVE
Design your own walking tour of the labor movement, using Radical Walking Tours of New York
or take the “Immigrant, Radical, Notorious Women of Washington Square” walking tour
http://nyctours.com/tour-descriptions.html
or take the Big Onion Immigrant New York Walking Tour
http://www.bigonion.com/tour/immigrant-new-york/
or if you are in New York around labor day, take the Big Onion Labor History Tour!
Movie Night: Norma Rae
DAY SIX
Begin in NYC and take day trip to NJ (estimated drive: 45 minutes)
Visit the American Labor Museum/Botto House, 83 Norwood Street, Haledon NJ 07508
Drive by the privatized Elizabeth (immigration) Detention Center, 625 Evans Street, Elizabeth NJ
http://www.cca.com/facility/elizabeth-detention-center/
Movie Night: The Visitor
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