The “Southern Underground Railroad” helped formerly enslaved ... the generational home of the Black Seminoles who escaped the threat of slavery in the United States. It may seem unlikely ...

An exhibit about the Underground Railroad will be featured next month at the Old Lincoln Courtroom and Museum. The exhibit, "Journey to Freedom: Illinois' Underground Railroad," tells the stories of ...

An overland journey north was an impractical choice for many who sought to escape slavery. Some fugitives took to the sea.

I left the march, carried my sign on the A-train, then Brooklyn. A neighbor saw me. He is a tall brotha, rocks a fluorescent work jacket. “Mr. Activist! I saw the protest.” We stood on the corner, and ...

Octopus!, premiere (2025- ): Documentary. The series transports viewers into the otherworldly depths of one of the most ...

Allison Landucci said she knew much of what Uptain said about the quilts, but she appreciated the presentation and didn’t know about the songs like “Swing ... meant points of safety for the slaves and ...

She is Black, an activist and healer. She says what’s been said online, on the radio, on TV, on the stoop, on street corners, ...

Local keepers of the history of the Underground Railroad in the Chicago area and ... of “freedom seekers” through Illinois. For many slaves escaping from Southern states, the Chicago area ...