NEW YORK (PIX11) — A bus depot built in 1947 on East 126th Street, believed to be one of the original burial grounds of enslaved and free Africans, might turn into a physical historic site.
That’s the idea behind the Harlem African Burial Ground initiative.
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Many people who walk, drive by, or even live in this community near East 126th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues may not even know about the history behind this now vacant building, but the Harlem African Burial Ground initiative is looking to change that.
“I think there is a lot of important history in Harlem that sometimes has tried to be repressed or forgotten, and we think through this project, we are really going to show the contributions of free and enslaved Africans at this site,” said Saradine Pierre, Senior Project Manager, NYCEDC…