“Central Park actually used to be a town called Seneca Village” founded by African Americans in 1825
A viral TikTok post says New York City’s Central Park once was a town founded by African Americans. Journalism students Hannah Roesch and Julia Schneider fact-checked that post for PolitiFact.
Click https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/12/tiktok-posts/was-central-park-once-town-called-seneca-village/ link to open resource.