The story of a vibrant black community known as San Juan Hill being deliberately snuffed out in the 1950s to make way for Lincoln Center was promoted by the center.
Acknowledging the history of land dispossession is seen as necessary to confront the racism from which institutions like Lincoln Center have benefited.
The center's leadership has embraced a narrative of self-abnegation, reshaping programming and campus plans around the theme of race-based displacement.
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