207 Lenox Ave, Manhattan

In the mid 1990s, author and community leader Geoffrey Canada conceived of a new vision for Harlem. After years of hard work with Harlem’s Rheedlen Centers for Children and Families, Canada felt that many children in poor communities were still slipping between the cracks. He decided to create a program that would uplift the entire neighborhood: the Harlem Children’s Zone.

Harlem Children's Zone - description

Mapping the American Past (MAAP) illustrates places and moments that have shaped the long history of African Americans in New York City.

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Willoughby and Duffield Streets

In September of 2007, Duffield Street in downtown Brooklyn got a new name.

Abolitionist Place - description

132 West 138th Street 

Known for its charismatic leadership and community outreach, the Abyssinian Baptist Church was formed in 1808 by a group of African Americans and Ethiopians who refused to accept the segregated seating in the First Baptist Church of New York City.

Abyssinian Baptist Church - description

Kenneth Jackson, Jacques Barzun Professor in History and the Social Sciences, Columbia University, on the Abyssinian Baptist Church.

Abyssinian Baptist Church - Kenneth Jackson commentary

Robert O'Meally, Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English, Columbia University, on the Abyssinian Baptist Church.

Abyssinian Baptist Church - Robert O'Meally commentary

290 Broadway

The African Burial Ground is a federally designated historic landmark and archaeological site that was used as a cemetery by free and enslaved people of African descent during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Harlem Children's Zone - description

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