“After all, the past is our only real guide to the future, and historical analogies are instruments for distilling and organizing the past and converting it to a map by which we can navigate.”
Michael Mandelbaum
THE MAP THAT VOICES THE HIDDEN
The map of the corridor highlights many aspects of Flatbush, including locations for black businesses and historically significant places. This map also includes all the signage placed all around the Corridor and around the Flatbush African Burial Ground (FABG).
This map was co-created by GrowHouse and our 2024 Summer Youth Employment Program Interns: Avonna Brown (CAMBA), Chelsea Zhu (Medgar Evers College Research Foundation), Devontae Carcen, Ghazi Sharif (Medgar Evers College Research Foundation), Jason Wang (Riseboro), Knute Lewis (Medgar Evers College Research Foundation), Samuelle Hillaire (CAMBA), Sanaa Sanders (Medgar Evers College Research Foundation).
