A Seneca Village Christmas is Christmas celebrated with the Gunther family, who lived in Seneca Village in 1850!

A Seneca Village Christmas is a special, two episode series.

Contrary to what you may have been told about Seneca Village, Seneca’s predominantly African American residents were land owners, educated, skilled, and loved celebrating Christmas!

Seneca Village was in the Upper West Side area of Manhattan and was erased in 1857 to make space for Central Park.

This episode features:

Ebonie Ellington

Yusuf Lamont

Okema. T. Moore

Isaiah Mueller

Polly McKie

Peter Killy

Nina Smith

Emilio Smith

Edited by Jordan Kauwling

Sound designed by Sidney Evans

Art by Emilio Smith

Produced, Written and directed by Yhane Washington Smith

A Seneca Village Christmas was made possible by the generous donation of Andrietta Sims.

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