The Midwest Underground Railroad Network and Chicago Association of African American Storytellers are presenting freedom ...

Whether you're feeling patriotic, reflective or in need of escapism, here's a list of flicks to chose from this Independence ...

Several events in Utica, Rome and Petersboro over four days will celebrate Black history, art and music, and the area's ties to abolitionism plus fun.

With “The Underground Railroad,” a compositional achievement—pictorial and psychological—Jenkins has done for the antebellum South what J. M. W. Turner did for the sea.

♪ Birds flying high, you know how I feel ♪ ♪ Sun in the sky, you know how I feel ♪ ♪ Breeze drifting on by, you know how I feel ♪ ♪ It's a new dawn, it's a new day ♪ ♪ It's a new ...

In any direction, journeys remained extremely perilous – especially for women and children, the weak and the elderly – but by the time of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, some 100,000 ...

A thrilling musical about a lesser-known part of the underground railroad “Mexodus” at Mosaic Theater Company works better as a showcase for two versatile musicians than as a history lesson ...

The earliest examples of slaves escaping south are from the late 17th century. In the Carolinas, enslaved men and women ran away from the rice plantations to Spanish Florida, where they were able ...

William Goodridge played a vital role in the Underground Railroad and the fight to end slavery, and he's buried in Minneapolis. FOX 9's Kelcey Carlson has the story.

The API failed to deliver the resource. As we prepare to close out black history month, we took a look at Springfield’s impact on the Underground Railroad hundreds of years ago.

Movement not map: The Underground Railroad by: Laurel Stone Posted: Feb 26, 2024 / 10:49 AM EST Updated: Feb 26, 2024 / 10:51 AM EST Editor’s note: This is part two of a three-part series.