National Immigrant Heritage Month

Image of Statue of Liberty by William Warby on Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic.

Celebrate National Immigrant Heritage month by learning more about the heritage of fellow students. Search OneSearch for print books and online resources.

Until the Hunter College Libraries reopen and you can browse the shelves yourself, you can request books to pick up from the Cooperman Library or the Zabar Art Library using the Book Request Form. Remember to follow the Hunter College General Safety Guidelines before picking up your book(s).

The New Colossus

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,

With conquering limbs astride from land to land;

Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand

A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame

Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name

Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand

Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command

The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she

With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"



Emma Lazarus

November 2, 1883