CBS News

Watch "Preserving New York's Black History," a Black History Month special

Black history is New York City history. Everywhere you look, you see how African Americans helped shape and mold the city. Before the Upper West Side was home to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, it was home to the San Juan Hill neighborhood, a ...
City & State New York

Opinion: It’s time for New York to consider reparations

Today, December 13, marks an important, yet sobering, moment in New York history: it’s the day the New York City Council passed a law to create the city’s first slave market. By the time the Council enacted the law in 1711, Black people had already ...
The New York Times

The History That New York City Takes for Granted

Dr. Jackson is a professor emeritus of history at Columbia University, president emeritus of the New-York Historical Society and the editor in chief of both editions of The Encyclopedia of New York City. See more of our coverage in your search results ...
Forbes

New-York Historical Society Announces Three New Fall Exhibits

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Melissa is a writer based in Brooklyn. Popular understanding of New York history is about to get even more robust, with three new niche exhibits to debut at the New-York Historical ...