 The Malcolm X Memorial in the Audubon Ballroom.  The World Famous Apollo Theater, on 125th street.  Matthew Baker at the Old African Burial Ground near Foley Square. |
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE:
HARLEM & THE OLD AFRICAN BURIAL GROUNDS
Pay your respects or honor your ancestors at the African Burial Ground - America's newest National Monument to the more than 20,000 slaves and freedmen buried here in the 1700s. Walk through Foley Square to the former Five Points neighborhood - one of the most notorious slums in America the former stomping grounds of "The Gangs of New York." Learn about the vibrant street life of the destitute black and working class Irish toughs.
Make your way uptown to Harlem, the one-time capital of the African American community in America and the preeminent stage for the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, featuring literature, theater, art, comedy, politics, music and find out what made Harlem swing! Go past the world famous Apollo Theater, the Malcolm X Memorial at Audubon Ballroom as well as other Harlem landmarks like the Malcolm Shabazz Mosque, shop at Harlem's African Market and more.
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