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Savage Saves Black Ancestral Burial Ground In New York.
Earlier in New York City, construction workers digging ground for the new federal building in the Foley Square area in lower Manhattan discovered bones and remanents that were later identified as an 18th century burial ground of freed Black residents of the island.
Scientific teams were called in to dig further and to this date, approximately 415 skeletons were found out of the estimated 20,000 that are presumed to be buried there.
After the sacred grounds were discovered, the federal building developers were determined to continue the building as if nothing ever happened. Outraged by the disgrace, Black community leaders were in an uproar (the actual movement began with a local Black woman)...