Commemorating New York's African Burial Ground: A National Monument February 24, 2007

This special exhibition will fully explore the African Burial Ground, from its unearthing in 1991 to the 2006 Presidential declaration making it America's first National Monument commemorating a community of enslaved African men, women, and children. From the local community's struggle to 'stop the digging' and to properly protect and preserve the ancestral cemetery.