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Serving on Sacred Ground: The Story of BRC’s Inwood Site

This short documentary highlights Bowery Residents’ Committee’s (BRC) response when they learned that the autobody site that they purchased in Inwood to build a homeless shelter was once a burial ground for enslaved Africans, as well as a Lenape Ceremonial site.

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This short documentary highlights Bowery Residents’ Committee’s (BRC) response when they learned that the autobody site that they purchased in Inwood to build a homeless shelter was once a burial ground for enslaved Africans, as well as a Lenape Ceremonial site.

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