African burial ground used as a NYC parking lot gets preservation boost
ELMHURST, Queens — It had been a burial ground for enslaved Africans who’d bought their freedom or had…
Attorney General goes to court to protect Queens burial ground of 300 freed Black slaves
Attorney General Letitia James‘ office has gone to court to protect a plot of Queens land where 300…
Remembering an enslaved African American cemetery in Staten Island
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) — It’s a burial ground founded a century-and-a-half ago by and for enslaved African…