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Manhattan Island, half with buildings and half wooded as it looked before New York City was built.

New York - Before the City

Mannahatta's fascinating pre-city ecology of hills, rivers, wildlife when Times Square was a wetland and you couldn't get delivery.

by Eric W. Sanderson via TED on July 1, 2009

Close up of violin

Who Is the Black Cop?

What is it like to be a Black police officer, and how does the Black community feel about these officers?

by Black Journal via American Archive of Public Broadcasting on June 23, 1969

Black and white photograph of James Baldwin

A Report from Occupied Territory

These things happen, in all our Harlems, every single day. If we ignore this fact, and our common responsibility to change this fact, we are sealing our doom.

by James Baldwin via The Nation on July 11, 1966

Photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. speaking into microphones.

Let Justice Roll Down

"Those who expected a cheap victory in a climate of complacency were shocked into reality by Selma."

by Martin Luther King Jr. via The Nation on March 16, 1965

Harper Lee

Harper Lee's Only Recorded Interview About 'To Kill A Mockingbird' [AUDIO]

In 1964, Harper Lee talked with WQXR host Roy Newquist for an interview in New York.

via WQXR on January 1, 1964

A subterranean shot of the Lexington Avenue station, which made a loop around City Hall, in the early 1900s.

October 27, 1904: The New York City Subway System Opens

“The bearing of this upon social conditions can hardly be overestimated.”

by Richard Kreitner via The Nation on November 3, 1904

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