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Gifted, self-taught historian Celedonia Jones died last April

Seneca Village? Celedonia Jones? Both of these names should be etched in Black history, although they fly well under the radar.

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Celedonia Jones, Self-Educated New York Historian, Dies at 93

He served as Manhattan borough historian from 1997 to 2005. He also dug deeply into the history of Seneca Village, a mostly Black settlement in what became Central Park.

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