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Welcome to Harlem Press Release For Immediate Release The Launch of MAPP The launch of a Web-based teaching tool is helping to bring to life African American history in New York City for public school children across the area. MAAP-an acronym for "Mapping the African American Past"-is the joint creation of the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL), which developed the Web programming and infrastructure; Creative Curriculum Initiatives (CCI), which provided text about historic New York City sites; and Teachers College (TC), which has created a curriculum for use by New York City teachers. Funded by a grant from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and launched in late February, MAAP creates a visual link between New York City as it is today and the world that African Americans lived in 150 or more years ago, using video, audio, historic maps and other components. New Web Site Brings African American History to Life   Now, thanks to Amistad Digital Resource, a joint venture between Columbia University's Center for Contemporary Black History (CCBH) and CDRS, Rosa Parks's story-and those of hundreds of other African Americans-are being told in their full scope. Welcome to Harlem Carolyn Johnson President