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NPR “All Things Considered”: Staten Island assesses future of paved-over cemetery holding formerly enslaved people

The New York Times Op-Ed: Even in Death, Black Americans Have Been Denied the Right to Rest in Peace

WCBS-TV: Staten Island street to be renamed for Benjamin Prine, last enslaved person born there

NY1: Legislation would honor last enslaved person on Staten Island

Staten Island Advance: Staten Island street to be renamed for once-enslaved man buried beneath it

WCBS 880: Street Co-Naming On Staten Island Honor Last Born Slave in Area

1010 WINS: Staten Island street renamed in honor of borough's oldest enslaved person

WNBC-TV: Cemetery for Enslaved Africans Lies Underneath Staten Island Parking Lot

1010 WINS: Staten Island’s Forgotten Slave Cemetery

Atlanta Black Star: Up to 1,000 Remains, Including Those of Enslaved Africans, Lie Beneath a Staten Island Parking Lot, to the Shock of Local Residents: ‘It Breaks My Heart’

NY1: Cemetery for Formerly Enslaved Black People Buried Beneath Staten Island Parking Lot

Staten Island Advance: Asphalt, Shops Cover Staten Island Burial Ground for Slaves: Filmmaker Haunted by Its History Hopes to Inspire Change

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