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An entire Manhattan village owned by black people was destroyed to build Central Park
Three churches, a school, and dozens of homes were…
When Reverend Christopher Rush laid the cornerstone of the First African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in 1853, he placed in it a time capsule, a box that contained a bible, a hymn book, and…
Rush, who escaped slavery and became the second ordained bishop of the…