In a bustling corner of Queens, history that was once paved over is being uncovered. Local activists and historians are shedding new light on a 19th century community. ElleMcLogan has more.
Local activists and historians are shedding new light on a 19th century community known as Black Dublin.
"It was an integrated village, so Black and Irish people as well. And they had stores and churches and organizational spaces," public historian Erica Buddington said. "There were many Black enclaves and integrated enclaves in the 19th century here in New York," Buddington said."There was an abundance of joy in these communities."Natalie Milbrodt and her team at the Queens Memory Project are collecting oral histories from those who lived in a Flushing before high rises.
Her group interviewed Jay Williams, a Flushing resident of African American and Native American descent. He remembers when the city removed his family from their home more than seven decades ago.
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