MAAP | Mapping the African American Past

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thumb of 10_ABG0013.jpg Current view of Maiden Lane © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 11_hughsonstavern.jpg Current view of where Hughson's Tavern once stood © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 12_executiongrounds.jpg Current view of Execution Grounds: Foley Square © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 13_frauncestavern.jpg Current view of Fraunces Tavern © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 14_johnstreetmethodist.jpg Current view: the site of John Street Methodist Church © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 15_blackbrigade1.jpg Current view of 10 Church Street, site of the Black Brigades' barracks © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 17_africanfreeschool.jpg Current view of African Free School site © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 18_tontine2.jpg Current view of the Tontine Coffeehouse site © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 19_abyssinianbaptist.jpg Current view of Abyssinian Baptist Church © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 1_africanburialground.jpg A current view of the African Burial Ground Memorial © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 21_stphilips.jpg Current view of St. Philips Episcopal Church © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 23_africangrove.jpg Current view of African Grove Theater site © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 24_senecavillage.jpg Current view of the Seneca Village site © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 25_freedomsjournal.jpg Current view of 236 Church St., former offices of Freedom's Journal © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 27_catherineferguson.jpg Current view of where Catherine Ferguson's home stood © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 28_pierretoussaint1.jpg Historic marker honoring Pierre Toussaint, St. Patrick's Old Cathedral © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 29_georgedowningoyster.jpg Current view of where Downing's Oyster House stood © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 2_greatdockshipgideon.jpg Current view of where the Great Dock once was © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 31_fivepoints.jpg Current view of the Five Points intersection © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 32_jamesmccunesmith.jpg Current view of James McCune Smith Pharmacy site © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 33_tappanbrothers.jpg Current view of the site of the Tappan Brothers' offices © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 34_ABG0021.jpg Current view of where the Colored Orphan Asylum once stood © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 35_ruggles.jpg Current view: the site of David Ruggles' House © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 36_ABG7274.jpg Current view of 143 Nassau Street, once site where Tubman would bring people fleeing on the underground railroad. © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 38_RikersIsland_Now.jpg A map showing present-day Rikers Island © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 3_ftamsterdam.jpg Current view of the Fort Amsterdam site © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 40_ABG3069.jpg Current view of David Ruggles' House, where Frederick Douglass was sheltered © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 41_marcusgarvey.jpg Current view of Marcus Garvey Memorial Park © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 42_langstonhughes.jpg Current view of Langston Hughes' former home © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 43_ABG4544.jpg Current view of Duke Ellington Memorial © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 44_motheramezion.jpg Current view of the Mother A.M.E. Zion Church on 137th Street © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 45_ABG1365.jpg Current view of 369th Armory © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 46_ABG2429.jpg A current view inside the Studio Museum in Harlem © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 47_ABG4583.jpg Current view of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 48_Weeksville_Now.jpg Current view of the Hunterfly road houses, Weeksville © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 50_BridgeSt_Now.jpg Bridge Street AWME Church today © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 51_ABG6876.jpg Current view of Louis & Lucille Armstong's home © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 52_ABG7062.jpg Current view of the Lewis H. Latimer House Museum © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 54_SandyGround_Now.jpg A map showing Sandy Ground in the present © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 56_sojurnertruth.jpg Current view of the site of Sojourner Truth's former home © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 57_audubonballroom.jpg A current view of the Audubon Ballroom © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 59_ABG0048.jpg Current view of Shiloh Presbyterian Church © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 5_wallstreet.jpg Current view of Wall Street © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 62_africansocietymutualrelief.jpg Current view of where the African Society for Mutual Relief once stood © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 64_theodorewhitehouse.jpg Current view of the Theodore Wright house © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 67_BedfordStuyvesant_Now.jpg Current view of Restoration Plaza, Bedford-Stuyvesant © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 6_landofblacks.jpg Current view of Minetta Lane, once central to the Land of the Blacks © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 7_manhattancompany.jpg Current view of a downtown area once supplied with water by the Manhattan Company © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of 9_slavemarket.jpg Current view of the site of the Slave Market © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of Abyssinian_Baptist_Church_in_New_York_City_1921.jpeg Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City, 1921 NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of Charles_B_Ray.jpeg Charles B. Ray NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of City_Hall_and_Great_Dock_1679.jpeg City Hall and Great Dock, 1679 NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of Death_of_Captain_Ferrer_Captain_of_the_Amistad.jpeg Death of Captain Ferrer, the Captain of the Amistad, July 1839 NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of Dr_James_McCune_Smith.jpeg Engraving of James McCune Smith Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture/Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division/The New York Public Library
thumb of Fernando_Wood_Mayor_of_the_City_of_New_York.jpeg Fernando Wood, Mayor of the City of New York NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of Five_Points_Stereoscopic_Photo.jpeg Five Points: Stereoscopic Photo NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of Fort_Amsterdam_and_village_New York.jpeg Fort Amsterdam and village, New York NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of Founders_of_AME_Zion_Church_in_New_York.jpeg Founders of the AME Zion Church in New York NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of Fraunces_Tavern_N_Y_C_1777.jpeg Fraunces' Tavern, N.Y.C., 1777 NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of Harlems_125th_Street_1949.jpeg Harlem's 125th Street, 1949 NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of Harriet_Tubman_and_Family.jpeg Harriet Tubman and Family NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of Henry_Highland_Garnett.jpeg Henry Highland Garnet NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of Ira_Aldridge_as_Othello_.jpeg Ira Aldridge as "Othello" NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of Lewis_Tappan.jpeg Lewis Tappan NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of MAAP_1863DraftRiots_Now.jpg Gramercy Park today © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of MAAP_369Armory_Then.jpg 369th Armory Military Photograph Collection/The New York Public Library
thumb of MAAP_AbolitionistPlace_Now.jpg Current view of Abolitionist Place site © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of MAAP_AbolitionistPlace_Then.jpg Abolitionist Place, Brooklyn. Fulton and Duffield Street. Mid-Manhattan Library/Picture Collection/The New York Public Library
thumb of MAAP_Abyssinian_Then.jpg African-American congregation in front of Abyssinian Baptist Church at Waverly Place, New York City, c. 1907 Library of Congress
thumb of MAAP_AfricanFreeSchool_Then_PIC_ONLY.jpg African Free School, engraving Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division/ The New York Public Library.
thumb of MAAP_AfricanGrove_Then.jpg James Hewlett as Richard the third Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library.
thumb of MAAP_AfricanSociety_Then.jpg Portrait of Juliet Noel (Mrs Pierre Toussaint) © Collection of the New-York Historical Society/Bridgeman Art Library
thumb of MAAP_ArthurTappan_Then.jpg Arthur Tappan © Collection of the New-York Historical Society/Bridgeman Art Library
thumb of MAAP_AudubonBallroom_Then.jpg The Audubon Ballroom © AP Photo
thumb of MAAP_BedfordStuyvesant_Then.jpg View of Bedford-Stuyvesant © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of MAAP_BlackBrigade_Then.jpg Black Brigades. Book of Negroes, Loyalist refugees from New York, in 1783. © Nova Scotia Museum 2008. All rights reserved. Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax
thumb of MAAP_BridgeSt_Then.jpg Where Bridge Street AWME Church once stood © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of MAAP_BurialGround_Then.jpg African Burial Ground © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of MAAP_CatherineFerguson_Then.jpg Catherine Ferguson © Collection of the New-York Historical Society/Bridgeman Art Library
thumb of MAAP_ColoredOrphan_Then.jpg The riots in New York: destruction of the Colored Orphan Asylum NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of MAAP_DavidRuggles_Then.jpg David Ruggles © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of MAAP_DowningOyster_Then.jpg George Downing’s Oyster House © Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture/Art Resource
thumb of MAAP_DraftRiots_Then.jpg The riots in New York : conflict between the military and the rioters in First Avenue Mid-Manhattan Library/Picture Collection/ The New York Public Library
thumb of MAAP_DukeEllington_Then.jpg Duke Ellington (1899-1974) © Private Collection/Bridgeman Art Library
thumb of MAAP_ExecutionGrounds_Then.jpg Execution Grounds: Foley Square © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of MAAP_FivePoints_Then.jpg Midsummer in the Five Points. Mid-Manhattan Library/Picture Collection/The New York Public Library
thumb of MAAP_Fraunces_Then.jpg Fraunces Tavern - Long Room © AP Photo
thumb of MAAP_FtAmsterdam_Then.jpg View of New Amsterdam © Collection of the New-York Historical Society/ The Bridgeman Art Library
thumb of MAAP_GreatDock_Then.jpg The Castello Plan, New Amsterdam in 1660 © Collection of the New-York Historical Society/Bridgeman Art Library
thumb of MAAP_Harlem_Now.jpg Statue of Adam Clayton Powell © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of MAAP_Harlem_Then.jpg Langston Hughes with others overlooking St. Nicholas Avenue. Regina Andrews Photograph Collection/Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture/Photographs and Prints Division/ The New York Public Library
thumb of MAAP_HarrietTubman_Then.jpg Harriet Tubman; "The Moses of her people" Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture/General Research and Reference Division/The New York Public Library
thumb of MAAP_HughsonsTavern_Then.jpg Hughson’s Tavern © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of MAAP_JamesVarick_Then.jpg Illustration of James Varick ©  Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of MAAP_JohnStChurch_Then.jpg Peter Williams, c.1810 (oil on canvas) © Collection of the New-York Historical Society/Bridgeman Art Library
thumb of MAAP_LandBlacks_Then.jpg Land of the Blacks © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of MAAP_LangstonHughes_Then.jpg Langston Hughes June 1958 on the steps in front of his house in Harlem. © Robert W. Kelley/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
thumb of MAAP_LewisLatimer_Then.jpg Lewis Latimer photograph Queens Borough Library, Long Island Division. Latimer Family Papers.
thumb of MAAP_LouisArmstrong_Then.jpg Photo of Louis Armstrong © AP Photo
thumb of MAAP_MarcusGarvey_Then.jpg Marcus Garvey in full uniform © Hulton Archive/Getty Images
thumb of MAAP_PierreToussaint_Then.jpg Pierre Toussaint (1778-1853) c.1825 © Collection of the New-York Historical Society/Bridgeman Art Library
thumb of MAAP_RikersIsland_Then.jpg Rikers Island - Black soldiers, Civil War, training Library of Congress
thumb of MAAP_SandyGround_Then.jpg Photo of Oyster Workers, 1894. Courtesy Alice Austen Collection, Staten Island Historical Society.
thumb of MAAP_Schomberg_Then.jpg Arturo "Arthur" Schomburg Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture /General Research and Reference Division/The New York Public Library
thumb of MAAP_SenecaVillage_Then.jpg Seneca Village © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of MAAP_ShilohPresb_Then.jpg Portrait of Henry Highland Garnet Humanities and Social Sciences Library/Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs/The New York Public Library
thumb of MAAP_SlaveMkt_Then.jpg The Slave Market © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of MAAP_SlaveRevoltNEW_Then.jpg New York in 1712 © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of MAAP_StPhilips_Then.jpg St. Philip’s Episcopal Church. John F.E. Prud’homme engraving after William Bayley image. © Collection of the New-York Historical Society/Bridgeman Art Library
thumb of MAAP_StudioMuseum_Then.jpg Street Story Quilt, Parts 1,2 3. 1. The Accident, 2. The Fire, 3. The Home Coming. 1985 Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
thumb of MAAP_TheManhattanCo_Then.jpg Laying of the Water Pipes © Creative Curriculum Initiatives
thumb of MAAP_TheodoreWright_Then.jpg Runaway slave posters Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture /General Research and Reference Division/The New York Public Library
thumb of MAAP_Tontine_Then.jpg Tontine Coffee House, c.1797 (oil on linen), © Collection of the New-York Historical Society/Bridgeman Art Library
thumb of MAAP_WallStreet_Then.jpg The Castello Plan, New Amsterdam in 1660 © Collection of the New-York Historical Society/Bridgeman Art Library
thumb of MAAP_Weeksville_Then.jpg Portrait of a woman © AP Photo /Weeksville Society
thumb of Methodist_Church_John_Street_1768.jpeg Methodist Church, John Street, 1768 NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of New_York_Committee_of_Vigilance_1st_Annual_Report.jpeg New York Committee of Vigilance, 1st Annual Report NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of New_York_slave_market_about_1730.jpeg New York slave market about 1730 NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of Peter_Williams_the_old_colored_sexton_of_the_John_St_Methodist_Church.jpeg Peter Williams, the old colored sexton of the John St. Methodist Church NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of Playbill_from_African_Grove_Theatre_ca_1821.jpeg Playbill from the African Grove Theatre in Greenwich Village, ca. 1821 NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of Reverend_Samuel_E_Cornish.jpeg Rev. Samuel Cornish © Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture/Art Resource
thumb of Section_of_Wall_Street_palisade.jpeg Section of Wall Street palisade NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of St_Philips_P_E_Church_1925.jpeg St. Philip's P.E. Church, 1925 NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of Three_quarter_length_portrait_of_Sojourner_Truth.jpeg Three-quarter length portrait of Sojourner Truth Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture/Photographs and Prints Division/The New York Public Library
thumb of Tontine_Coffee_House_N_Y_C_1820.jpeg Tontine Coffee House, N.Y.C., 1820 NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of douglass_pamphlet.jpg Published text of a speech by Frederick Douglass Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Alexander Gumby Collection
thumb of duke_ellington_portrait.jpg Portrait of Duke Ellington Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Alexander Gumby Collection
thumb of frederick_douglass_portrait.jpg Portrait of Frederick Douglass Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Alexander Gumby Collection
thumb of garvey_unia_envelope.jpg Envelope for Donations to UNIA Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Alexander Gumby Collection
thumb of hughes_theyre_our_kids.jpg "They're Our Kids!" by Langston Hughes Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Alexander Gumby Collection
thumb of john_b_russwurm.jpeg Portrait of John B. Russwurm New York Public Library Digital Gallery
thumb of langston_hughes_portrait.jpg Portrait of Younger Langston Hughes Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Alexander Gumby Collection
thumb of then_draft_riots.jpeg The riots in New York : conflict between the military and the rioters in First Avenue NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of then_five_points.jpeg View of Five Points NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of then_frederick_douglass.jpeg Portrait of Frederick Douglass Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture/Photographs and Prints Division/The New York Public Library
thumb of then_h_h_garnett.jpeg Henry Highland Garnet Colorized NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of then_james_varick.jpeg James Varick NYPL Digital Gallery
thumb of unia_biggest_convention.jpg Advertisement for a UNIA Convention Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Alexander Gumby Collection

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