... archaeological study, NJPAC officials continued construction, arguing that the site was not a “real” African burial ground. Highlighting the relationship between urban renewal, historic preservation, and Black land dispossession, this paper argues that Black Newarkers’ activism to define the Trinity Church...

... in how histories of urban renewal, displacement, and gentri- fication intersect with public history and public memory, especially regarding the queer past. Long referred to as the Magic City because of its phenomenal growth as a railroad industrial center, the city s fortunes reversed as the post...

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