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Where is the African American Museum of
the City of New York?
By
Phyllis C. Murray

In 1991, an African Burial Ground was unearthed in lower
Manhattan. Amid the subsequent controversy, which also
surfaced, was the fact of the absence of an African
American Museum in the City of New York. Although talks
followed which were related to creating a small
Interpretive Center with Government Services Administration
funding, neither an African American History Museum nor an
Interpretive Center have ever materialized in New York City.

This is indeed unfortunate. It is evident today that the
early African American slave-labor cleared the landscape of
New York City. And history documents how the economy of the
city and the nation was built on the backs of an enslaved
labor force of Africans. These facts are even evident
throughout Westchester County and throughout the state
where one can f...See More


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