Jacob Riis, Narrated by Alex Edgar
Alex Edgar is the Youth Engagement Manager at Made By Us, where he leads Youth250, the national effort to include youth voices in America’s past, present and future story. Edgar profiles Jacob Riis, the immigrant journalist and photographer whose unflinching images of New York's tenements pioneered the use of photography for social reform.
Today is Youth Takeover Day, a whole day to spotlight youth leadership—where institutions make commitments to the future, share youth Letters to America and put young people in charge. National Youth Day is a moment during Civic Season to celebrate and uplift youth leadership, spark conversation, and help shape what comes next. Civic Season™ is the flagship program from Made By Us, a nonpartisan, not-for-profit network connecting hundreds of museums, historic sites, libraries and archives with younger generations.
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Unless otherwise noted, all images used in this video are in the public domain.