Museum Monday African Burial Ground National Monument
African Burial Ground National Monument is a monument at Duane Street and African Burial Ground Way (Elk Street) in the Civic Center section of Lower Manhattan, New York City. Its main building is the Ted Weiss Federal Building at 290 Broadway. The site contains the remains of more than 419 Africans buried during the late 17th and 18th centuries in a portion of what was the largest colonial-era cemetery for people of African descent, some free, most enslaved. Historians estimate there may have been 10,000–20,000 burials in what was called the Negroes Burial Ground in the 1700s. The five to six-acre site's excavation and study was called the most important historic urban archeological project in the United States. The Burial Ground site is New York's earliest known African-American cemetery; studies show an estimated 15,000 African American people were buried here.
The discovery highlighted the forgotten history of enslaved Africans in colonial and federal New York City, who were integral to its development. By the American Revolutionary War, they constituted nearly a quarter of the population in the city. New York had the second-largest number of enslaved Africans in the nation after Charleston, South Carolina. Scholars and African-American civic activists joined to publicize the importance of the site and lobby for its preservation. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1993 and a National Monument in 2006 by President George W. Bush.
In 2003 Congress appropriated funds for a memorial at the site and directed redesign of the federal courthouse to allow for this. A design competition attracted more than 60 proposals for a design. The memorial was dedicated in 2007 to commemorate the role of Africans and African Americans in colonial and federal New York City, and in United States history. Several pieces of public art were also commissioned for the site. A visitor center opened in 2010 to provide interpretation of the site and African-American history in New York.
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African Burial Ground National Monument
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Ooni at the Africa Burial Ground in NYC
HIM, King Ogunwusi paid tribute to the ancestors at a ceremony held at the African Burial Ground in New York City.
The Burial Ground is a National Monument in New York City. The site contains the remains of more than 419 Africans buried during the late 17th and 18th centuries in a portion of what was the largest colonial-era cemetery for people of African descent. The five to six acre site's excavation and study was called the most important historic urban archeological project in the United States.. The Burial Ground site is New York's earliest known African-American cemetery; studies show an estimated 15,000 African American people were buried here. (Wikipedia).
⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Walking NYC : New York City Hall Area & Civic Center, Manhattan
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A walk through New York's Civic Center, walking through streets such as Centre Street, Broadway, Chambers Street, Duane Street, Worth Street, and Foley Square.
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The Civic Center is the area of lower Manhattan, New York City, that encompasses New York City Hall, One Police Plaza, the courthouses in Foley Square, and the surrounding area. The district is bound on the west by Tribeca at Broadway, on the north by Chinatown at Worth Street or Bayard Street, on the east by the East River and the Brooklyn Bridge at South Street, and on the south by the Financial District at Ann Street.
Although government-related activities are predominant, other pursuits also occur within the district, including entertainment, industrial activity, residential dwellings, and warehousing. For example, there are Chinese restaurants near Civic Center's border with Chinatown, in addition to some museums and some residential buildings in the Civic Center area. The area is roughly 10 blocks long and 5 blocks wide, but is far less dense than most of Manhattan, where the average number of residents for an area that size is 35,000; the Civic Center has approximately 20,000 residents.
The Jacob K. Javits Federal Building is located in the area. It includes the Federal Bureau of Investigation New York field office.
Non-government buildings include the 387 feet (118 m) 15 Park Row, an office and residential building which was the city's highest from 1899 to 1908. 150 Nassau Street, a 21-story granite building, was once a publisher's building, as were many in the area, but is now a residential building, as is 38 Park Row. The 76-story 8 Spruce Street is among the world's tallest residential buildings. Southbridge Towers, once Mitchell-Lama affordable housing, is now market-rate housing.
Filmed January 31, 2019
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1:25 - Exiting the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers Street Subway Station
2:30 - David Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building
3:00 - Brooklyn Bridge Entrance/Exit
4:30 - New York City Hall
6:15 - City Hall Park Fountain
7:06 - Woolworth Building
7:15 - Broadway & Park Place
8:00 - New York City Hall Informational Plaque
8:25 - Broadway & Murray Street
9:05 - Broadway & Warren Street
10:05 - Broadway & Chambers Street
11:20 - Broadway & Reade Street
12:40 - Duane Street & Broadway (Ted Weiss Federal Building)
13:40 - African Burial Ground National Monument
15:12 - Centre Street & Duane Street
15:30 - US Court of International Trade
15:59 - Thomas Paine Park
16:55 - Worth Street & Centre Street
17:45 - The Louis J. Lefkowitz State Office Building
18:15 - Hogan Place & Centre Street
20:25 - New York County Supreme Court Pedestrian Path
22:50 - New York County Supreme Court
23:20 - Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse
24:25 - David Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building (Rear)
24:35 - St. Andrews Roman Catholic Church
25:54 - One Police Plaza NYPD Headquarters
26:40 - David Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building (Archway)
27:20 - David Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building (Front Entrance)
28:20 - Chambers Street & Centre Street
29:20 - Surrogate's Court - New York County
30:26 - Tweed Courthouse (New York City Department of Education Headquarters)
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National Parks & Historic Sites of New York City
New York City has earned its place in American history. The collection of national parks along the in Manhattan provide a cultural gateway to America, commemorating who we have become as a people.
Once you enter the New York gateway there is so much to see and explore! Embark on an adventure -- or mix a bit of history with nature and recreation.
Sites include Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Governor's Island, Castle Clinton and Battery Park, Federal Hall, General Grant's Tomb, Theodore Roosevelt's Birthplace, African Burial Ground, St. Paul's Church and the Lower Eastside Tenement Museum. There are over 20 national park sites along the New York and New Jersey shores within the gateway.
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2017 AM: Executive Session: Beyond the African Burial Ground:
Cont. Anthropological and trans-disciplinary innovations in theory, methods, and technologies
The New York African Burial Ground Project that studied an 18th century African cemetery in downtown Manhattan always recognized its positioning within complex currents of a critical social history of scholarship and anthropological practice. Established in 1992, the Project synthesized mutual values of memorialization and research in a program empowered by New York’s “descendant community” seeking to disable white supremacy in anthropological constructions of African American memory. The result was an unparalleled, ethnically integrated, interdisciplinary research team led by African Americans. Together, descendant communities and the Project team realized ancestral reclamation and reburial, erection of a US National Monument and a Visitor Center, which continue to tell the stories of “enslaved Africans” in New York.
This Session considers the ongoing theoretical, methodological, and interpretive implications of ethical public engagement in anthropology, first prominently represented by the Project. Publicly engaged research designs and language, including “descendant communities,” continue to resonate in American archaeology, and beyond. We discuss scholarship and continued engagement on the once unique question, “what are the African cultural origins of African Americans and why do they matter?” How are emerging technologies and methods employed to answer these questions? What processes are shared by archaeological projects in the African Diaspora and by anthropologists engaging descendant communities? How do publicly engaged and activist anthropologies articulate with contemporary social movements? What does the African Burial Ground have to do with it? Beyond a retrospective, we focus on processes and products reflecting the current moment in the politics of the past, and theoretical and methodological implications for the future of anthropology.
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Young man reflects on Slavery in New York Exhibit
Young African American man uses exhibit to reflect on the the diversity of the black experience in America
National Parks of the New York Harbor-- Did you know??
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New York City ~ Official Trailer
New York City. 8 million people make New York the most populous and densely populated city in the U.S. With all it has to offer, it’s no surprise that 50 million visitors come each year.
Colorful descriptions attempt to describe the essence of the city but the sights and sounds of the city speak for themselves.
Filmed in high definition, this fully-narrated Blu-ray/DVD/Video Download explores New York’s most visited sites, famous landmarks and remarkable history. From helicopter aerials to high-speed time-lapses, this video captures the experience of a visit to the Big Apple and reflects the city’s rich history.
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Visit America - New York City Travel Guide and Chicago Top Attractions
When visiting American two cities should be on your shortlist: New York and Chicago. As far as tourism is concerned you won't find more world class cities to visit in the United States that offer as many different options for festivals, arts, entertainment and dining. NYC, USA and Chi-town really have it all and in our travel video guide we'll recommend some of the top things to do in both cities. Without a doubt these two iconic cities offer some of the best things to do in America.
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50 Things to do in New York City Top Attractions Travel Guide:
1 Grand Central Terminal
2 The High Line
3 Meatpacking District
4 Greenwich Village
5 Brooklyn Bridge
6 Williamsburg
7 Street Art in Williamsburg
8 Prospect Park
9 Dumbo
10 New York Style Pizza
11 Bryant Park
12 New York Public Library
13 Staten Island Ferry
14 Statue of Liberty
15 Battery Park
16 Little Italy
17 Little Korea
18 Chinatown
19 Coney Island
20 Mermaid Parade
21 The Cloisters
22 Harlem's Apollo Theatre
23 Soul Food in Harlem at Sylvia's
24 World Trade Center Memorial
25 Trinity Church
26 Wall Street
27 Lincoln Center
28 Ride a Bicycle
29 Watch a New York Yankees baseball game at Yankee Stadium
30 MET Museum (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
31 Flatiron Building
32 Washington Square Park
33 NYU (New York University)
34 National Museum of the American Indian
35 Museum of Natural History
36 Times Square
37 MOMA (Museum of Modern Art)
38 Roosevelt Island Tramway
39 Fifth Avenue Shopping
40 Rockefeller Center
41 Empire State Building
42 Carnegie Hall
43 Central Park
44 Strawberry Fields
45 Street Food
46 Catch a Broadway Theatre Performance
47 Madison Square Garden
48 African Burial Ground
49 Columbus Circle
50 Take the Subway Metro
35 Things to do in Chicago top attractions travel guide:
1) Chicago Architecture and Chicago River Walk
2) Chicago River Boat Trip
3) Kayaking along the Chicago River
4) Cloud Gate - The Bean
5) Millennium Park
6) Pavilion 'Free Shows'
7) Art Institute of Chicago
8) Watch a Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field
9) Eat Deep Dish Pizza
10) Visit the sky deck at Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower)
11) Stroll around the University of Chicago campus
12) Check out the Oriental Institute of History
13) Marvel and escape the bustle at Osaka Garden
14) Enjoy an afternoon or evening at Wicker Park
15) Relax and escape at Humboldt Park
16) Check out the Dinosaur exhibits at the Chicago Field Museum
17) Visit the Shedd Aquarium - the largest indoor one in the world
18) Watch a Chicago Blackhawks game at the United Center
19) Check out the 'Borders' exhibit at Solti Gardens of Grant Park
20) Admire Buckingham Fountain during the day or at night
21) View the Chicago skyline from the Hancock Center
22) Spend an afternoon having fun at Navy Pier
23) Wander around Lincoln Park Zoo and Conservatory
24) Work out or get a tan at North Avenue Beach
25) Laugh your head off watching improv at The Second City
26) Test your mind playing the Zombie Game
27) Go shopping or people watching along the Magnificent Mile
28) Take the Chicago 'El or 'L' CTA metro system
29) Watch an NFL football game (Chicago Bears) at Soldier Field
30) Check out the entirely free Money Museum
31) Ride a bicycle in downtown Chicago
32) Spend time at the Museum of Science and Technology
33) Marvel at the architectural wonder known as Robbie House
34) Rest your legs by taking a Chicago city tour by Segway
35) Check out a performance at Chicago Theatre
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ORIGINAL 1667 MANHATTAN AFRICAN AMERICAN LAND TRANSFER DOCUMENT, Pt. 2/2
A 17th CENTURY BLACK LANDOWNER IN NEW YORK CITY'S GREENWICH VILLAGE! This unique 1667 document transfers 12 acres in present day Washington Square to the wife and children of a recently deceased free African American, Groote Manuel, who received the land in 1644 after 18 yrs. of toil as a slave. Manuel and 10 other Angolans arrived on Manhattan Island in 1626--the first Africans to set foot in what is now New York. Signed by Richard Nicolls, first English Governor, and the man who named the city and eventual state of New York. This PRICELESS document was the subject of a 2005 History Detectives episode. It is a cornerstone piece in the Mark E. Mitchell Collection of African American History.
National Parks of New York Harbor ~ Official Trailer
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Remains of more than 400 slaves are reinterred
1. Wide shot at burial site
2. Wide shot of coffins
3. Tight shot of woman placing flower on a wooden coffins
4. Tight shot of one of the coffins
5. Mid shot of procession
6. Wide shot at site
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Maya Angelou, Poet:
You may bury me in the bottom of Manhattan, I will rise. My people will get me, I will rise, out of the huds of history's shame I rise.
8. Wide shot at site
9. Wide shot of chanting
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Speaker (name unknown):
The ancestors as they are buried today, say they will not rest until America has truly become the world-class people with a global perspective, sacrificing for productivity and inclusivity. Each one counts and each is held accountable, and everybody shares that there be no threat to the good of the community.
11. Funeral and African dances
12. Various of coffins being carried
13. Women dancing at the location where the remains were found
14. Various of remains being re-interred
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The remains of 419 colonial-era blacks were re-interred Saturday at a lower Manhattan site just a short distance from a former slave market.
Most of the remains were placed into seven oversized wooden crypts, with flowers piled atop and around each one.
A Yoruba priest gave them a final blessing before the crypts were lowered into the ground.
Drummers pounded a steady beat and dancers performed while the remains were returned to the ground where they were first buried more than 200 years ago.
Four caskets holding the remains of a boy, girl, woman and man were also buried.
Their remains had been separated from the others and taken to ceremonies in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Wilmington, Delaware, and Newark, New Jersey, before arriving in New York on Friday.
Hundreds of people turned out to pay tribute to the slaves and free blacks in the cemetery.
The ceremony, with its mix of singers, dancers and speakers, was in stark contrast to the hard lives led by the blacks buried in lower Manhattan. Nearly half of the 419 sets of remains belong to children.
It was also in contrast to the cemetery's past. The five-acre burial ground, closed in 1794, was ignored for nearly
two centuries until it was rediscovered in 1991 during construction of a federal office tower.
More than 20,000 people of African descent were buried in the graveyard. Community pressure forced the government to abandon work and begin examining the remains.
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We need to change how we bury the dead
The way we traditionally bury the dead is horrible for the environment.
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The modern way of burying a body, the casket in the ground method most of us are used to is horrible for the environment. It uses an incredible amount of resources, emits toxic pollutants into the air, and pumps the ground full of formaldehyde, which is known to cause cancer. It's also prohibitively expensive. The average cost of a modern funeral costs between $10,000 to $12,000.
There are a number of greener options available though. Cremation uses less resources and requires less space than a traditional burial, but isn't perfect. There are more experimental methods on the horizon such as promession and alkaline hydrolysis.
No matter which method we choose, it's clear that we need to reform how we bury the dead.
Also be sure to read Mark Harris's excellent book about green burials
Enter the secret world of the Freemasons
The Freemasons are the world's most well-known secret society, and are the subject of countless parodies and conspiracy theories. But who are they exactly? Mo Rocca ventures inside Masonic Lodges to find out.
Visit New York City Guide
New York City! We've traveled abroad to many far off corners of the world; however, we've yet to find a city that quite lives up to the Big Apple. Join as we share our New York City travel experiences in the form of a top 50 things to do in the city guide where we cover top attractions along with extended footage in the form of vlogs where we visit places we didn't cover the first time around. From the High Line to Brooklyn Bridge and Smorgasburg to Governors Island our guide offers a bit of something for everyone.
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1) 50 Things to do in New York City Top Attractions Travel Guide:
1 Grand Central Terminal
2 The High Line
3 Meatpacking District
4 Greenwich Village
5 Brooklyn Bridge
6 Williamsburg
7 Street Art in Williamsburg
8 Prospect Park
9 Dumbo
10 New York Style Pizza
11 Bryant Park
12 New York Public Library
13 Staten Island Ferry
14 Statue of Liberty
15 Battery Park
16 Little Italy
17 Little Korea
18 Chinatown
19 Coney Island
20 Mermaid Parade
21 The Cloisters
22 Harlem's Apollo Theatre
23 Soul Food in Harlem at Sylvia's
24 World Trade Center Memorial
25 Trinity Church
26 Wall Street
27 Lincoln Center
28 Ride a Bicycle
29 Watch a New York Yankees baseball game at Yankee Stadium
30 MET Museum (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
31 Flatiron Building
32 Washington Square Park
33 NYU (New York University)
34 National Museum of the American Indian
35 Museum of Natural History
36 Times Square
37 MOMA (Museum of Modern Art)
38 Roosevelt Island Tramway
39 Fifth Avenue Shopping
40 Rockefeller Center
41 Empire State Building
42 Carnegie Hall
43 Central Park
44 Strawberry Fields
45 Street Food
46 Catch a Broadway Theatre Performance
47 Madison Square Garden
48 African Burial Ground
49 Columbus Circle
50 Take the Subway Metro
New York City Travel Vlogs:
1) New York City Bagels Taste Test
2) Katz's Deli: Eating Pastrami and Corned Beef Meat Sandwiches in New York City
3) Exploring Governors Island in New York City
4) Smorgasburg Brooklyn Flea Food Market
5) Eating burgers at the original Shake Shack - Madison Square Park, New York City
6) Coney Island Mermaid Parade in New York City
This is part of our Travel in America series. We're making a series of videos showcasing American culture, American arts, American foods, American religion, American cuisine and American people.
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Topics worth researching include: The Great Depression, Black Tuesday, the Great Recession, Wall Street Crash of 1929, New York, Central Park, Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Metropolitcan Museum of Art, Times Square, National 9/11 Memorial, African Burial Ground, American Stock Exchange Building, Louis Armstrong House, Bell Laboratories Building, Brooklyn Bridge, Bronx Community College, Brooklyn Heights Historic District, Ralph Johnson Bunche House, Carnegie Hall, Andrew Carnegie Mansion, Central Synagogue, Chrysler Building, Church of the Ascension, City Hall, Daily News Building, Dyckman House, Eldridge Street Synagogue, Duke Ellington House, Empire State Building, Flatiron Building, Grace Church, Grand Central Terminal, Hispanic Society of America, Holland Tunnel, USS Intrepid, King Manor, Low Memorial Library, R. H. Macy and Company Store, McGraw Hill Building, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National City Bank Building, New York Amsterdam News Building, New York Life Building, New York Public Library, New York Stock Exchange, New York Yacht Club, Philosophy Hall, Players Club, Plaza Hotel, Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, Jackie Robinson House, Rockefeller Center, St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Stonewall, Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street, The Town Hall, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, Trinity Church, Old New York County Courthouse, Union Square, U. S. Customhouse, Voorlezer’s House, Woodlawn Cemetery, Woolworth Building, Wyckoff House, Homeless in America Families Living in Cars, Los Angeles: Homeless Capital of America, BBC Hidden Homeless Youth in America Documentary 2016, Homeless in Detroit, Hard Times Generation: Families Living in Cars, What Happens When Cities Make Homelessness a Crime: Hiding the Homeless, Without a Roof (HOMELESS DOCUMENTARY), Homeless in America 2015 Texas To California, DON’T CRY FOR ME: Full homeless documentary, How the Homeless are Treated in Canada VS. America (Social Experiment).
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Homelessness in the United States of America is an area of concern for social service providers, government officials, policy professionals, and society at large. Although the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in January 2012 annual point-in-time count found that 633,782 people across the United States were homeless, other counts vary widely. In a recent approximation, an estimated 1.6 million unduplicated persons used transitional housing or emergency shelters. Of these people, approximately 1/3 are members of households with children, a nine percent increase since 2007. Another approximation is from a study done by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, which states that approximately 3.5 million people, 1.35 million of them children, are likely to experience homelessness in a given year (National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, 2007). With 2007 as a benchmark, the data from the report showed a 6.8 percent decline in homelessness among individuals, a 3.7 percent decline of homeless families, a 13.1 percent decline of the unsheltered homeless population, and a 19.3 percent decline in persons experiencing chronic homelessness. Determining even an approximate count of homeless people is quite difficult, even more so when it comes to those that are under the age of 21. Adolescents, teens, and runaways seem to fall through the crack; so many go unaccounted for. Many of the youth living on the streets do not want to be counted for various reasons. Therefore, agencies that do count, use different methods and techniques that make an accurate count that much more difficult.
One out of 50 children or 1.5 million children in America will be homeless each year. In 2013 that number jumped to one out of 30 children, or 2.5 million. There were an estimated 57,849 homeless veterans estimated in the United States during January 2013; or 12 percent of all homeless adults. Just under 8 percent of homeless U.S. veterans are female. Texas, California and Florida have the highest numbers of unaccompanied homeless youth under the age of 18; comprising 58% of the total homeless under 18 youth population.
Because of turnover in the homeless population, the total number of people who experience homelessness for at least a few nights during the course of a year is thought to be considerably higher than point-in-time counts. A 2000 study estimated the number of such people to be between 2.3 million and 3.5 million. According to Amnesty International USA, vacant houses outnumber homeless people by five times.