Remembering an enslaved African American cemetery in Staten Island
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) — It's a burial ground founded a century-and-a-half ago by and for enslaved African Americans. Some 1,000 children, women and men have been laid to rest at the site on Staten Island. Today, it's a strip mall. Some work has been done to commemorate and acknowledge the history and heritage of [...]