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Historical documents offer glimpses of the Underground Railroad in Chicago
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago· 4 days agoFor the first three decades after Chicago was incorporated as a town in 1833, slavery was legal in...
Colson Whitehead channels the paranoia and fear of 1970s NYC in 'Crook Manifesto'
WUNC Chapel Hill· 5 days agoThis is FRESH AIR. My guest Colson Whitehead won Pulitzer Prizes for two consecutive novels. The first Pulitzer was for "The Underground Railroad ...
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Rokeby Museum opens with new main exhibit - Addison Independent
The Addison County Independent· 4 days ago“Seeking Freedom: The Underground Railroad and the Legacy of an Abolitionist Family” immerses visitors in the history of the ...
A mild-mannered professor assumes the persona of a 'Hit Man' in this twisted tale
NPR· 6 days agoOn tomorrow's show, we hear from writer Colson Whitehead. After writing two Pulitzer Prize-winning novels, "The Underground Railroad" ...
African American Heritage and Culture Center to celebrate fifth anniversary with a gala
New Bern Sun Journal· 6 days ago(Clockwise) Photos show Leesa Jones speaking about the Underground Railroad in North Carolina in...
I was an adult before I learned of Michigan Central Station's ties to Black history | Opinion
Detroit Free Press· 5 days agoThe Michigan Central Station was a stop on the Underground Railroad, the African American diaspora —...
Colson Whitehead’s ‘Crook Manifesto’ wins $50,000 Gotham Prize for outstanding book about NYC
KOLR - KSFX Ozarks· 5 days agoNEW YORK (AP) — Colson Whitehead’s latest literary honor feels very much at home. The author’s “Crook Manifesto,” a crime story set in 1970s Harlem and centered on a beleaguered furnitu…
Underground Railroad walking trail coming to Sandusky
News Channel 5 Cleveland· 1 day agoSandusky was critical during the Underground Railroad, helping enslaved people escape to freedom....
Editorial: We are two Americas on abortion. Increasingly, neither side accepts that.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 18 hours agoIn the almost two years since the U.S. Supreme Court summarily ended a half-century of...