Celebrating Green-Wood's Black Residents
Wednesday, February 24th, 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Slavery
was abolished in New York State in 1827. Founded eleven years later in
1838, Green-wood Cemetery has always been integrated.
Green-Wood Cemetery celebrates Black History Month annually with a trolley tour that honors the life and accomplishments of many
prominent black New Yorkers as well as several abolitionists.
This year, the celebration will be online instead of in-person and a fee won't be charged.
From Green-Wood Cemetery's website:
Although Brooklyn and New York City have long struggled with segregation and racism, they also have a history of diversity, progress, and activism.This conversation, between City Councilman Robert E. Cornegy, Jr., and Green-Wood Historian Jeff Richman, will examine the life and accomplishments of many prominent Black New Yorkers.Featured will be Jean-Michel Basquiat, innovative artist of the 1970s and ’80s; Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York State; Jeremiah Hamilton, New York’s first Black millionaire; and jazz great Cedar Walton.We’ll also discuss freed enslaved people who worked as abolitionists and those buried in Green-Wood’s Freedom Lots, where more than one thousand people of color are interred. These stories illustrate the long struggle toward equality that remains ongoing today.This conversation is part of our series of virtual programs about the history of Green-Wood and its permanent residents, Zooming in on History.Reservations to this virtual program are free. Please consider a donation so that Green-Wood can continue to provide free and low-cost programs throughout the year.A Zoom link will be in your confirmation email upon registration.
Click here to register for free tickets.
Green-wood Cemetery is a National Historic Landmark.
Green-wood Cemetery
Green-wood Cemetery
500 25th Street
(718) 210-3080
info @ greenwoodcemetery.org
