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Sep 14, 20232 minS4 E6 Weeksville (Brooklyn) Weeksville native, Dr. Susan Smith McKinney, the state’s first African-American female doctor, and a revered abolitionist The ...
Aug 30, 20232 minS4 E5 Newtown (Queens) The first church building of the United African Church and Cemetery, established by the United African Society of Newtown, which was...