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"Before Central Park was built, New York’s first free Black Community, #SenecaVillage, was torn down to make room for it. This is a topic often left out of history."

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"Seneca Village, an entire Manhattan village owned by Black people, was demolished to build Central Park in 1857."
The RACIST consequences of good (liberal) intentions gone awry ...

The Libertarian @Reason Foundation - "The Tragedy of Urban Renewal"

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