KC lawmakers fight to make Quindaro a National Historic Landmark A Kansas City, Kansas, Underground Railroad site that sheltered enslaved people still lacks federal recognition. Axios · Apr 17
New York's newly identified Underground Railroad passage is under threat A newly identified Underground Railroad passage is putting the spotlight on a New York City museum and its struggle with a proposed development The Independent UK · Mar 27
Did this tomato travel the Underground Railroad? It could have been a gift from a runaway enslaved person. Maybe it wasn’t The Guardian - US · Jun 19, 2023
Louise Calloway, 93, founder of a NJ Underground Railroad Museum, has died. A community celebration of life is planned. Louise Calloway, 93, the curator and executive director of the Underground Railroad Museum of Burlington County, died after a brief illness on Feb. 8, during Black History Month. The Philadelphia Inquirer · Mar 10, 2023
How some enslaved Black people stayed in Southern slaveholding states – and found freedom For generations, the Underground Railroad has been the quintessential story of resistance against oppression. The Conversation · Jan 24, 2023
Historical documents offer glimpses of the Underground Railroad in Chicago Chicago had been a destination for freedom seekers. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 changed things, making Canada a safer final destination and Chicago largely a way station on the Underground Railroad. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 5, 2022
Michigan cemetery where abolitionist, former slave buried gets national historic designation DETROIT — Buried alongside the thousands of graves in a Birmingham cemetery is a part of American history that may not have been widely known. Tribune News Service · May 2, 2022
Lake View school — renamed to honor Harriet Tubman instead of racist biologist — unveils new sign Chicago Public Schools’ Harriet Tubman Elementary had long been named for Swiss American biologist Louis Agassiz before it was changed last year to honor the Underground Railroad activist. Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 15, 2022
Uncovering the Underground Railroad to Mexico Thousands of enslaved Black people trekked south to escape bondage, research shows. Axios · Feb 8, 2022