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A Permanently Unfinished Country—Becoming American Series
4 MINUTE READ
May 2, 2016

Crowds still flock to the annual San Gennaro Festival, first celebrated in 1926 by Italian immigrants who had settled on New York’s Lower East Side, a neighborhood that has welcomed immigrants since the 19th century. © AP Images

The U.S. successfully maintained national cohesion while absorbing the enormous influx of immigrants. Newcomers pose a recurrent challenge fundamental to American life. Explore how successive waves of immigrants—different from natives and from each other—have learned to act collaboratively under conditions of openness, change and choice.

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