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Jaime Morales (Clickability client services) Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad Ann Hagedorn Simon & Schuster Few stories in American history combine as ...
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CeeCee: Underground Railroad Cinderella Shana Keller, illus. by Laura Freeman. Charlesbridge, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-623-54389-1 ...
The featured museum exhibit is “Pulling for the Union: The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad in the Civil War.” The Reading Railroad Heritage Museum, 500 S.
The Underground Railroad was a network of safe houses in the 1800’s for enslaved African Americans, who wanted to gain freedom in the northern United States and Canada.
Gregory Thompson, who co-founded Voices Underground in 2017 and now serves as its creative director, said that in commemorating the local history, the memorial will tell a story of national ...
VANDALIA, Mich. (WNDU) - Vandalia Mich. in Cass County was a critical spot along the Underground Railroad. As we celebrate Juneteenth photojournalist Daniel Hochstetler takes us on a journey to ...
Lackawanna County New sign displays history of the Underground Railroad in Waverly The new sign debuted on Juneteenth, the day that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.
Linda Blackford: Harriet and Lewis Hayden left in 1844 with the help of the Underground Railroad and became prominent abolitionists in Boston, Mass., helping hundreds of other enslaved people.
Edith Edmunds, who is 99 years old, the art of quilt making is inextricably linked to the Black struggle for freedom. That's why she plans to be sewing Thursday on Juneteenth.
Edith Edmunds, 99, pictured with one of her completed Underground Railroad Code quilts. Photo by NPR - Amy Edmunds For Edith Edmunds, the art of quilt making is inextricably linked to the Black ...
Edith Edmunds' maternal grandfather, Robert Dewy Rone, was born to enslaved parents in 1862 in Halifax County, Va. Rone died when Edmunds was two years old, in 1927. Image: Amy Edmunds ...