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Illinois has a deep connection to the Underground Railroad. That's why lawmakers are pushing an initiative to preserve sites ...
The U.S. agency appeared to restore text on the history of African Americans escaping slavery, including a photo of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
UPDATE, April 8: The U.S. National Park Service restored a quote and an image of Harriet Tubman to their webpage about the Underground Railroad network, following backlash after they had been removed.
When the National Park Service rewrote the Underground Railroad's story, it pulled Cincinnati's Freedom Center into Trump's ...
The Preble County Historical Society has received funding to support a major project. In an effort to plan events for America ...
At the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, we will continue to present fact-based history because we are an ...
Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website ...
The restoration of Harriet Tubman’s contributions comes in response to outrage over the removal of info on the abolitionist’s outsize role.
A project plan to move to move Salt Lake rails underground would come with a big price tag but could give an economic boost.
Mary Liz Stewart, who founded the Underground Railroad center with her husband, Paul, in the 1990s, said the idea for the museum project came when she was looking for quotes by Black Americans for a ...
The National Parks Service has restored the original Harriet Tubman material featured on a webpage about the Underground ...