"We were the good guys, right?"
African Burial Grounds National Monument
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
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Four Continents Statues, National Museum of the American Indian in New York, Europe
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Four Continents Statues, National Museum of the American Indian in New York, Asia
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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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