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Black History Month at NYC Health + Hospitals/‌Queens: Lorna Rainey honors her great-grandfather’s legacy, America’s first Black U.S. Rep.

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Queens College to celebrate Black History Month with events examining African Americans’ essential role in the American experience

By Carlotta Mohamed
Elmhurst nonprofit submits landmark request for African burial ground
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Elmhurst nonprofit submits landmark request for African burial ground

By Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech
Photo courtesy of Elmhurst Histories and Cemeteries Preservation Society
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Elmhurst nonprofit submits landmark request for African burial ground

By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech
The Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground has been recommended for inclusion in the State and National Registers of Historic Places.
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Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground should be added to state & national historic registers, governor says

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Flushing black history committee in motion

By Madina Toure
Jamaica

Katz donates African-American books to Queens libraries

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