NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Annie Polland, executive director of the American Jewish Historical Society, about Emma Lazarus, and the history behind her famous poem, The New Colossus.

Ken Cuccinelli II, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, responded to reporters’ questions recently about Emma Lazarus’s famous poem “The New Colossus.” He wanted ...

Acosta asked Miller about the iconic poem “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus that is inscribed at the base of the State of Liberty, which reads: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled ...

In 1883, Emma Lazarus, a refugee advocate and prolific writer, was commissioned to write a poem about the Statue of Liberty for an art auction to raise money for the statue’s base.

Despite Miller’s dismissive line that Lazarus’ poem was “added later” to the base of the statue, it was in fact written specifically for the dedication of the Statue of Liberty, which took ...

More than a few can also name the poet who wrote them — Emma Lazarus — who is otherwise obscure 175 years after her birth. [W]e shouldn’t use “The New Colossus” as a one-poem-fits-all ...

(JTA) — A Trump administration official changed Emma Lazarus’ famous poem engraved on the Statue of Liberty in arguing for immigration restrictions. Asked about the Jewish poet’s words by an ...

As Mr. Miller correctly pointed out, a plaque bearing the poem was not mounted inside the pedestal of the statue until 1903, 16 years after Emma Lazarus died at age 37 of cancer.