Footnotes
1 The African Free School would later be renamed the Colored School No. 1 following the establishment of the Brooklyn public school system in the 1850s.
1 The African Free School would later be renamed the Colored School No. 1 following the establishment of the Brooklyn public school system in the 1850s.
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Mapping Communities: Black Enclaves in New York City from 1825 to 1950 is an interactive exploration of these two historic Black communities’ significant contributions to developing New York City’s cultural richness using narrative, timeline, videos, and curriculum. This project was made with love by Museum Hue, Allen Hillery and the DuBois Challenge, Syeda Tabassum, and Liam Elkins.
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