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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 webpage's administrators temporarily changed an introductory paragraph to emphasize “Black/White Cooperation.” ...
Rita Daniels learned at 9 that she is the great-great-great-grandniece of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who led countless enslaved Africans to freedom through the Underground Railroad. It was a ...
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.
The Preble County Historical Society has received funding to support a major project. In an effort to plan events for America ...
When the National Park Service rewrote the Underground Railroad's story, it pulled Cincinnati's Freedom Center into Trump's ...
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 new report suggests a plan to bury the rails near downtown could produce billions in economic benefits for Salt Lake City.
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 ...
Philadelphia-area cultural organizations like the Harriet Tubman Museum of New Jersey in Cape May are working to preserve the ...