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Any other word that's associated with it in the modern mind. tammany hall was corruption. it was thuggery. it was all sorts of stuff. what else was it that people should know about it that they forget? >> it was about social reform. tammany was about minimum wage, making live easier for immigrants. tammany hall was a voice for the voiceless. it was a friend for the friendless. and that part of tammany's history which was so important in understanding how immigrants became americans, how the working poor took a step up the ladder, that's tammany's story. >> tammany hall wanted power, they wante...

Result of being a fire chief and a gang leader. >> and the scorsese movie "the gangs of new york" had only of these characters in there. when you say tammany hall now, i think, the word association is corruption and maybe there's not any other word that's associated with it in the modern mind. tammany hall was corruption. it was thuggery. it was all sorts of stuff. what else was it that people should know about it that they forget? >> it was about social reform. tammany was about minimum wage, making live easier for immigrants. tammany hall was a voice for the voiceless. it was a friend for th...