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Momentum has been building in Illinois to research the state’s extensive Underground Railroad sites and decide how to ...
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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.
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.
They were especially inspired after reading Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad, which relies on an oral history relayed by the descendants of enslaved people ...
On Juneteenth, she celebrates the role quilts may have played in Underground Railroad Edith Edmunds, who is 99 years old, the art of quilt making is inextricably linked to the Black struggle for ...
On Juneteenth, she celebrates the role quilts may have played in Underground Railroad By Vanessa Romo Published June 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM EDT Amy Edmunds ...
Edith Edmunds, 99, pictured with one of her completed Underground Railroad Code quilts. For Edith Edmunds, the art of quilt making is inextricably linked to the Black struggle for freedom. That's why ...