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Bijlmermeer

Amsterdam, N/A, Netherlands
Contemporary

A modernist Amsterdam housing development built in the 1960s for a Dutch middle class that largely did not move in; Surinamese and Antillean migrants were directed into its vacant units following Suriname's 1975 independence.

Counter-Narrative

The myth this site refutes: that the African American struggle was isolated. It resonated from Paris to Lagos to Port-au-Prince.

Before & After This Era

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"Shared theme: International Diaspora Connections & Freedom and Resistance"

"Shared theme: International Diaspora Connections & Freedom and Resistance"

"Shared theme: International Diaspora Connections & Freedom and Resistance"