Trump attacks diversity, but a fellow New Yorker − US Rep. Vito Marcantonio − worked to represent all Americans in a multiracial democracy
- Written by Sandhya Shukla, Associate Professor of English and American Studies, University of Virginia
Vito Marcantonio appears in front of his office on First Avenue in New York City in 1948.The New York Public Library Digital CollectionsDonald Trump’s successful presidential campaign presented a dark visionof America that painted migrants as threats to the nation.
Yet his hometown, New York City, is also the birthplace of an alternative...