Weeksville, a Haven for Free African-Americans Before the Civil War, Is Fighting for Survival https://nyti.ms/2HaEq8W

A budget shortfall threatens Weeksville Heritage Center and the historic remains of a community founded in Brooklyn after slavery was abolished in New York State.
The New York Times New York Blacks, Historic Buildings and Sites, Civil War (US) (1861-65), Slavery (Historical), Philanthropy
By CORINA KNOLL and MORGAN JERKINS from NYT New York
https://nyti.ms/2HaEq8W