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2022-2023 Common Read - How the Word is Passed: New York City

New York City

New York slave market about 1730

Harry Fenn, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/

National Museum of the American Indian in New York

Image courtesy of the Smithsonian, https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/factsheets/national-museum-american-indian-new-york

Four Continents Statues, National Museum of the American Indian in New York, America

Image courtesy of Wikimedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Continents_(French)

Four Continents Statues, National Museum of the American Indian in New York, Africa

Image Courtesy of Wikimedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Continents_(French)

Four Continents Statues, National Museum of the American Indian in New York, Europe

Image courtesy of Wikimedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Continents_(French)

Four Continents Statues, National Museum of the American Indian in New York, Asia

Image Courtesy of Wikimedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Continents_(French)

Original Map of Wall Street, wall is on the right hand side

Image courtesy of Wikimedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CastelloPlanOriginal.jpg

Ariel view of the memorial statue at African Burial Ground National Monument

National Parks Service- nps.gov

Seneca Village demolition

Photo in public domain. Municipal Art Society of NY. https://www.mas.org/events/lost-neighborhoods-of-new-york/

Originally part of Seneca Village

Image courtesy of Central Park website, https://www.centralparknyc.org/articles/seneca-village

Model of original design for the Statue of Liberty, 1870

Image courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York, https://www.mcny.org/story/myths-surrounding-origin-statue-liberty

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