BLACK HISTORY MONTH: NYC’s sacred — and segregated — Black burial sites
Many New Yorkers can cite chapter and verse about the African Burial Ground National Monument in downtown Manhattan near City Hall, but only a few know about the burial grounds and segregated ...
Church plans expansion for 'at capacity' graveyard
Plans to expand a church's graveyard which is said to be almost full are to be considered by councillors. If given the ...
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Over 1 million unclaimed bodies are buried on a little-known island in New York City - here's the story behind the massive graveyard
After the Civil War, those considered "strangers" in New York City included African Americans, immigrants, and those who had died in the city's slums. Today the cemetery is home to bodies that ...