On the day Ellis Island opened on January 1, 1892, an Irish girl named Annie Moore became the very first person processed through what became the world-famous immigration center What Annie wouldn’t have expected was Ellis Island. When her parents had come from Ireland four years earlier, they’d been brought to Castle Garden, which was neither a castle nor a garden but a scandal-ridden immigrant station at the tip of Manhattan. Maybe as Annie and her two younger brothers waited out their last fri

Meet Annie Moore — just 15 years old when she left Ireland from this very harbour 💔➡️🌍 Annie became the first immigrant processed at Ellis Island in 1892, carrying nothing but hope, courage, and her younger brothers. At an age when most were still children, she crossed the Atlantic alone, representing millions of Irish who followed in her footsteps. Her statue in Cobh stands as a powerful reminder of the bravery of young emigrants and the sacrifices made in search of a better life. 💚 Annie wa

" JUANITA MOORE " She was the fifth black actor to be nominated for an Academy Award in any category, and the third in the Supporting Actress category at a time when only one black actor, Hattie McDaniel in Gone with the Wind (1939), had won an Oscar. Her most famous role was as Annie Johnson in the film Imitation of Life (1959). Juanita Moore was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, the daughter of Ella (née Dunn) and Harrison Moore. She had seven siblings (six sisters and one brother).[2] Her famil