Rose Su Persaud's Arrival Record

DESCRIPTION
In 1924, a 23-year old widow named Rose Su Persaud arrived at Ellis Island and declared her intention to go live with her sister Agnes Premdas at the Phyllis Wheatley Hotel in Harlem, founded and run by Marcus Garvey’s Pan-Africanist United Negro Improvement Association.

THEMES
Early Immigration

ADDITIONAL METADATA
Date: 1924
Subject(s): Rose Su Persaud
Type: Text
Source: Archival Creators Fellowship Program
Location: New York, New York

PROVENANCE
Collection: Gaiutra Bahadur Fellowship Project
Item History: 2020-10-22 (created); 2024-05-26 (modified)

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