Across 400 years, New York City has drawn ambitious dreamers, risk-takers, and reformers who helped define not only the metropolis but an entire nation. From early settlers to civil rights trailblazers, we highlight some of the stories of ordinary people whose actions built the vibrant, diverse and progressive landscape that is New York today.
- Sam Roberts, urban affairs correspondent, The New York Times, author, The New Yorkers: 31 Remarkable People, 400 Years, and the Untold Biography of the World’s Greatest City
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