This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.
This playground honors New York City’s first African American Chancellor of the Board of Education, Dr. Richard Green (1936-1989). Dr. Green received his appointment from Mayor Edward I. Koch in March 1988 and died of a severe asthma attack in the early morning of May 10, 1989.
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Black History in NYC Parks
Learn about the trials and triumphs of the black experience in the United States and how New York City honors black history in our parks today.