The Door Reopens - 1965 - 2001

Assigned Readings:

1. Daniels, Roger (2005) “Lyndon Johnson and the End of the Quota System,” pp. 129-144 (CH7) in Guarding the Golden Door: American Immigration Policy and Immigrant Since 1882. New York: Hill and Wang. 
2. Binder, Frederick M., and David M. Reimers. (1995) All the Nations Under Heaven: An Ethnic and Racial History of New York City. New York: Columbia University Press.
• CH 8: “A Better Time: New York City, 1945-1970,” pp. 197-224. 
3. Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 aka Hart-Cellar Act

Media: 

• “1965 Immigration Law Changed Face of America” Jennifer Ludden for NPR (please listen at home)