What's in a Name? The Ghetto Comes to America
submitted by Marvin's Underground Evening Lectures
on 10/06/18
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The term "ghetto" was first applied to overcrowded Jewish quarters in late nineteenth-century American cities like New York and Chicago. Over the course of the next century the word was thoroughly Americanized and primarily associated with urban segregation in the United States. Daniel Schwartz illustrates the word's diverse history, use and meaning. For captions, transcript, and more information visit www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5984
