Ruby Washington, the first African-American female staff photographer for The New York Times, passed away in September 2018.
For many, the Trump administration’s resolve to deport millions of undocumented immigrants has called the American dream into question. Are the iconic words inscribed on the Statue of Liberty — of a nation open to the “huddled masses yearning to be free” — a solemn promise, or outdated poetry?
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The first woman was sworn into Congress in 1917, 128 years after the first U.S. Congress convened. One hundred and two years later, one has become 131—the number of women serving in both chambers of the 116th Congress.
Ruby Washington, the first African-American female staff photographer for The New York Times, passed away in September 2018.
Idled by a newspaper strike in the summer of 1978, eight New York Times staff photographers were enlisted by the New York City parks commissioner to document a summer in the city’s parks.
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