The Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, born of segregation, now shines as a historic and sacred symbol of respect to those ...

Under state law, to repurpose a cemetery you must exhume the bodies and bury them elsewhere. "And none of that was ever done," Lascurain's attorney told CBS News New York back in 1998.

The Door is a non-profit organization that provides connections, job training and paid internships to young adults around New York City in a variety of fields. One crew of interns is working in ...

However, as the city expanded, the cemetery was gradually forgotten, ... New York, Aug. 5, 2024. The cemetery was largely forgotten, with parts of it covered by a lumberyard by 1880.

In 1990, Diamond was doing an archaeological survey for the city and noticed the cemetery was marked on a map from 1870. He and the city historian went out to find it.

This New York City Park Was Built on Top of a Cemetery In the late 19th century, city officials turned the final resting place for 10,000 souls into what’s now Greenwich Village’s James J ...

A historic cemetery for enslaved people in the New York city of Kingston is being reclaimed as the Pine Street African Burial Ground.

However, as the city expanded, the cemetery was gradually forgotten, and by the late 19th century, ... New York, August 5, 2024. The cemetery was in use from 1750 to the late 19th century.