Mapping the African American Past (MAAP)

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Abolitionist Place - description

Monday, January 21, 2008 • Duration

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

Abyssinian Baptist Church - description

Monday, January 21, 2008 • Duration

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.

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African Grove Theater - description

Monday, January 21, 2008 • Duration

Mercer Street near Houston
On Mercer Street in the fall of 1821, King Lear limped out onto stage and the audience went wild. Lear was black.

Theodore Wright House - description

Monday, January 21, 2008 • Duration

235 W. Broadway
One day in the mid-1800s, 28 men, women, and children snuck into New York City.

Tontine Coffeehouse - description

Monday, January 21, 2008 • Duration

Across from the Meal Market, where enslaved workers could be hired or bought, was the Tontine Coffee House, home of the New York Stock Exchange.

Wall Street - description

Monday, January 21, 2008 • Duration

One Wall Street
A gang of black men labored as long as daylight allowed, digging a three-foot-deep trench from the East River all the way across Manhattan Island to the Hudson River.

Wall Street - Kenneth Jackson commentary

Monday, January 21, 2008 • Duration

Kenneth Jackson, Jacques Barzun Professor in History and the Social Sciences, Columbia University, discusses Wall Street.

Weeksville - description

Monday, January 21, 2008 • Duration

1698 Bergen Street
Far from the bustle and racism of Manhattan, on what was then the outskirts of Brooklyn, free blacks built a community called Weeksville.

Weeksville - Kenneth Jackson commentary

Monday, January 21, 2008 • Duration

Kenneth Jackson, Jacques Barzun Professor in History and the Social Sciences, Columbia University, discusses Weeksville.

West Indian Day Parade - description

Monday, January 21, 2008 • Duration

Eastern Parkway and Utica Avenue, Brooklyn
Many slaves brought the tradition of African outdoor ceremonies to the Caribbean. However, once enslaved, they were prohibited from holding public celebrations despite their slaveholders' engagement in street parades like Mardi Gras.The Harlem permit was revoked in 1964 due to a violent riot. Five years later, a committee organized by Trinidadian Carlos Lezama obtained another permit for a parade on Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn. The parade has been held there ever since, beginning at Eastern Parkway and Utica Avenue and ending at Grand Army Plaza.

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Abolitionist Place - description

Monday, January 21, 2008 • Duration

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

Abyssinian Baptist Church - description

Monday, January 21, 2008 • Duration

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African Grove Theater - description

Monday, January 21, 2008 • Duration

Mercer Street near Houston
On Mercer Street in the fall of 1821, King Lear limped out onto stage and the audience went wild. Lear was black.

Theodore Wright House - description

Monday, January 21, 2008 • Duration

235 W. Broadway
One day in the mid-1800s, 28 men, women, and children snuck into New York City.

Tontine Coffeehouse - description

Monday, January 21, 2008 • Duration

Across from the Meal Market, where enslaved workers could be hired or bought, was the Tontine Coffee House, home of the New York Stock Exchange.

Wall Street - description

Monday, January 21, 2008 • Duration

One Wall Street
A gang of black men labored as long as daylight allowed, digging a three-foot-deep trench from the East River all the way across Manhattan Island to the Hudson River.

Wall Street - Kenneth Jackson commentary

Monday, January 21, 2008 • Duration

Kenneth Jackson, Jacques Barzun Professor in History and the Social Sciences, Columbia University, discusses Wall Street.

Weeksville - description

Monday, January 21, 2008 • Duration

1698 Bergen Street
Far from the bustle and racism of Manhattan, on what was then the outskirts of Brooklyn, free blacks built a community called Weeksville.

Weeksville - Kenneth Jackson commentary

Monday, January 21, 2008 • Duration

Kenneth Jackson, Jacques Barzun Professor in History and the Social Sciences, Columbia University, discusses Weeksville.

West Indian Day Parade - description

Monday, January 21, 2008 • Duration

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