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Hamilton Heights-Washington Heights Historic Walking Tour
St. Nicholas Park 141st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, New YorkNamed after the nation’s first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton and known as “Sugar Hill” by the locals, this neighborhood was the dwelling place for the Black Elite. Many notable African-Americans resided in Sugar Hill at the start of their careers before becoming the legends they are today, including Thurgood Marshall, Duke Ellington, Ralph […]
Greenwich Village Historic Walking Tour
Father Demo Square 220 Bleeker Street, New YorkThe neighborhood was home to North America’s earliest free Black settlement in the 17th century (New Freedom Land and Little Africa), to some of America’s first black churches in the 19th century, and to many pioneering African American artists, civil rights leaders, and organizations in the 20th century. Meeting Location: Father Demo Square (Bleecker Street […]