Episodes & Descriptions

1868 map of the Town of Westchester shows the Bethel A.M.E. Church and Cemetery located on what is now Unionport Road in the Bronx By ...

Weeksville native, Dr. Susan Smith McKinney, the state’s first African-American female doctor, and a revered abolitionist The ...

The first church building of the United African Church and Cemetery, established by the United African Society of Newtown, which was...

Sandy Ground Oyster Gatherers Sandy Ground was settled in 1833 by African-American oystermen fleeing the restrictive industry laws of...

Egbert Ludovicus Viele's topographical survey of the land upon which Central Park was created, showing map of Seneca Village June 1856 An...

George Downing and family circa 1890s (Museum of African American History) Part 2 of an introduction to the Black elite or "the colored...

George Downing and family circa 1890s (Museum of African American History) An exploration of Black neighborhoods and enclaves in...

George Downing and family circa 1890s (Museum of African American History) An exploration of Black neighborhoods and enclaves in...

This season will focus on free Black communities and free Black societies during the antebellum period of the 19th century in New York, spec