Recommended Books, Articles Websites and Podcasts
BOOKS
The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot: Audubon Park and the Families Who Shaped It
Matthew Spady, Fordham University Press, September 2020
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Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad
Eric Foner, W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 2015
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Secret Lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City: Sydney Howard Gay, Louis Napoleon and the Record of Fugitives
By Don Papson and Tom Calarco
Forward by J.J. Williams-Myers
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, North Carolina, 2015
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Bound for Canaan: The Epic Story of the Underground Railroad, America's First Civil Rights Movement
by Fergus Bordewich, Peter J. Fernandez, et al.
Publisher: Amistad/Harper Collins (March 29, 2005)
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The Search for the Underground Railroad in Upstate New York
The History Press (June 3, 2014)
by Tom Calarco
Publisher: The History Press; 1st edition (June 3, 2014)
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The Underground Railroad Conductor: A Guide to Underground Railroad Site in Eastern New York and a Companion to the Underground Railroad in the Adirondack
by Tom Calarco
Publisher: McFarland & Company; Illustrated edition (February 23, 2011)
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Secret Lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City: S
Sydney Howard Gay, Louis Napoleon and the Record of Fugitives
by Tom Calarco
Publisher: McFarland; Annotated edition (January 28, 2015)
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ARTICLES & PODCASTS
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The Underground Railroad Free Press website:
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Website/Organization called BLACK PAST
National Black Historic Landmarks by State
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Why are there so few Landmarks to Black History?
Bloomberg CITY LAB by Rebecca BellanJuly 2020
The New Yorker Magazine
The Fight to Preserve African American History by Casey Cep
February 3, 2020
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Website/Organization called BLACK PAST
National Black Historic Landmarks by State
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WHYY – PBS Podcast Series
Focusing on the preservation Black History and monuments in Philadelphia and Beyond
By Starr Herr-Cardillo
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City Land: New York City Land Use and Research
Publication of New York City Law School – Center for New York City Law
New York Times
Audubon Park, From Hinterlands to Urban Density
By John Freeman Gill
October 2, 2020
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The New York Amsterdam News
By Stephen Johnson
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By John Strausbaugh
Oct. 12, 2007
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The Bowery Boys Podcast from 2018
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Be sure to also see the pdf documents available on the PRESS/DOCS/COMMENTS page.
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