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  • October 2007
    • African History Endures in Downtown NY

      African History Endures in Downtown NY

      (Newser) - Concealed for centuries beneath what are now Manhattan skyscrapers, a burial ground uncovered in 1991 teemed with life today as a ceremony honoring African and African American people and their histories marked the dedication of a $50 million granite memorial. "Now we have an opportunity to right some of the wrongs of the past," said the monument's designer. More »

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      New York City   slavery   Sidney Poitier

  • March 2007

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