Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Celebrate Black History Month: African-American Monuments in New York City’s Parks

Celebrate Black History Month: African-American Monuments in New York City’s Parks

Date: February 18, 2013

The monuments in our parks honor the heights of human achievement and the depths of human sacrifice. They are intended in permanent form to commemorate persons, events and values of lasting consequence to the evolution of our city, nation and the world, and to our advancement as a people.

In honor of Black History Month, this exhibition examines those monuments in the Parks collection that honor key African-American figures in the arts, sport, the military, science, and the abolition movement and who are preserved in our collective memory. Also remembered are the many thousands of anonymous people who, until emancipation, did not have the rights of citizenship and were enslaved.

Start time: 9:00 am

End time: 5:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 360-8163

Location: Arsenal (in Central Park)

Celebrate Black History Month: African-American Monuments in New York City’s Parks
Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:00:02 GMT

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