How can the study of the Underground Railroad inform our understanding of resistance movements today?

A week-long NEH “Landmarks of American History and Culture” workshop that will give you new insights into the compelling story of the Underground Railroad. Jul 29, 2004 ... In order to commemorate the Underground Railroad, and memorialize those who used its networks of friends to find their freedom, legislation has ... Jan 20, 2023 ... In September 1860, a Black teenager ran away from slavery in Olympia, Washington Territory. An African-Canadian network helped him flee to ... The Underground Railroad Bicycle Route (UGRR) memorializes the Underground Railroad, a network of clandestine routes by which African freedom seekers attempted ... May 14, 2021 ... It's a story about an orphan slave, Cora Randall (Thuso Mbedu), who uses the underground railroad to escape a brutal, 19th century-era Georgia plantation. The 17-acre Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park and Visitor Center invites visitors to experience Tubman's world through exhibits that are ... The Underground Railroad was a network of people working to take slaves from the southern United States to freedom in the northern US and Canada. Feb 19, 2024 ... The Underground Railroad's history in Illinois originates in the Southern part of the state, with freedom seekers using the natural routes of the two rivers ... Rooted Wisdom: Nature's Role in the Underground Railroad ... Explore Adkins Arboretum with historian Anthony Cohen to understand how self-liberators used the ... Pressly's research explores how and why the Southeast, especially the Georgia coast, provided a vital connecting link between the Black self-emancipation that ...