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Historical context and founding of Frederick Douglass Memorial Park
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The Frederick Douglass Memorial Park was founded by Rodney Dade, a Harlem funeral director, to provide a non-discriminatory cemetery for African Americans. Dade collaborated with other professionals to realize this vision.
- Founded in response to inequities faced by African Americans in other cemeteries
- Key figures involved: Benjamin Diamond, Frederick A. Bahn, and Adam Clayton Powell Sr.
- First board of directors included prominent Harlem citizens, funeral directors, and ministers