Joseph Lloyd Manor Granted to James Lloyd I in 1685, Lloyd Manor encompassed approximately 3,000 acres of land on the north shore of Long Island. The Manor supplied the Boston-based merchant family with cider, cordwood, and clay among other inventory. It wasn't until 1711 that the first Lloyd, Henry, took up residence. That same year Henry Lloyd recorded the birth of a slave named Jupiter Hammon on Lloyd Neck.
Joseph Lloyd Manor Granted to James Lloyd I in 1685, Lloyd Manor encompassed approximately 3,000 acres of land on the north shore of Long Island. The Manor supplied the Boston-based merchant family with cider, cordwood, and clay among other inventory. It wasn't until 1711 that the first Lloyd, Henry, took up residence. That same year Henry Lloyd recorded the birth of a slave named Jupiter Hammon on Lloyd Neck.
Lakeville Manhasset, a hamlet in the Town of North Hempstead, had a fairly large, steadfast African American settlement in the early 19th century. This community was unique due to its size and composition. The population was colonial in origin, comprised of people who were both born into slavery and "born free." By the third quarter of the 18th century, free African Americans had established a community along Valley Road near Lake Success
Lakeville, Manhasset, Long Island Manhasset, a hamlet in the Town of North Hempstead, had a fairly large, steadfast African American settlement in the early nineteenth century. By the third quarter of the eighteenth century, free African Americans had established a community along Valley Road near Lake Success that was known variably as Success, Lakeville at Success and Valley Road.
Minetta Lane In the hills and swamps that stretched across Manhattan Island one mile north of New Amsterdam, both free and enslaved blacks began to clear the tangle of trees, vines, and shrubs to build their own homes and plant their own gardens.
20 E 127th St One of the leading voices in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, Langston Hughes focused his writing on the realistic plight of black people.
Conflict with the development of Central Park in upper Manhattan. Commentary by Cynthia Copland
Kellie Jones, Associate Professor, Columbia University, discusses Langston Hughes.
34-56 107th Street in Queens The world’s most famous jazz musician lived in modest Corona, Queens.
34-41 137th Street in Flushing, Queens Lewis Latimer was born free in 1848; his parents George and Rebecca Latimer made sure of that.
1900 Madison Ave. Thought by many blacks to be another Moses, Marcus Garvey rose from humble beginnings in Jamaica, West Indies, to become the number one advocate of the "Back to Africa movement."
Kellie Jones, Associate Professor, Columbia University, discusses Marcus Garvey.
Kenneth Jackson, Jacques Barzun Professor in History and the Social Sciences, Columbia University, discusses Marcus Garvey.
118th street at Saint Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan Henry Minton, a tenor saxophonist and the first black delegate to Local 802 of the musicians’ union, opened Minton’s Playhouse in 1938. Located on 118th street at Saint Nicholas Avenue in Harlem, adjacent to the Hotel Cecil, the Playhouse was a frequent temporary residence of musicians passing through New York.
158 Church Street In the late 1700s, the Methodists of the mostly white John Street Church welcomed Africans and their descendents, and many came to worship there.
Gramercy Park With the Emancipation Proclamation, the Civil War began to be more about black freedom.
Formation of enclaves origins of Seneca Village, formerly in Central Park. Commentary by Cynthia Copland
263 Mulberry St In 1996, Pope John Paul II bestowed the title of “Venerable” on Pierre Toussaint. Two years later, Pierre Toussaint Square was named for him.
Riverside Park on 150th Street, Manhattan The Ralph Ellison Memorial at Riverside Park on 150th Street, Manhattan New York is not your typical African American landmark in New York City.
Rikers Island On March 5, 1864, a crowd of over 10,000 New Yorkers watched in awe as 1,000 well-disciplined Union army troops left Rikers Island and marched west to the Hudson River, their dark blue uniforms and crisp white gloves and white leggings glistening in the sunlight.
Kenneth Jackson, Jacques Barzun Professor in History and the Social Sciences, Columbia University, discusses Rikers Island.
Rocky Point Rocky Point is a hamlet located in northern Brookhaven Town. Today, it is a typical suburban settlement characterized by strip malls and shopping areas along North Country Road and residential neighborhoods to the north of this main road. In the 19th century, however, it was a rural, farming community and home to a small settlement of African Americans.
Samuel Ballton Samuel Ballton was a well-respected citizen of Greenlawn in the Town of Huntington. It was in 1899 that Ballton was crowned the "Pickle King." His efforts produced an amazing crop of 1.5 million pickles in a single season. Ballton, however, had already led a remarkable life and went on to leave a unique legacy.
1538 Woodrow Road On February 23, 1828, Captain John Jackson purchased land in a place known as Sandy Ground on what is now Staten Island.
515 Malcolm X Blvd The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture holds one of the best library collections focused on black history in the world.
Kellie Jones, Associate Professor, Columbia University, discusses the Shomberg Library.
Central Park near West Drive & 85th Street As a community of free black property owners, Seneca Village was unique in its day.
Seneca Village Community Commentary by Cynthia Copland
Kenneth Jackson, Jacques Barzun Professor in History and the Social Sciences, Columbia University, discusses Seneca Village.
409 W. 141st St. The Shiloh Presbyterian Church boasts a long tradition of radical black leadership.
