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Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes announced on Thursday a total of $400,000 in funding for the Michigan Street African ...
A mentoring program for Black girls and young women takes participants on a 14-day tour to learn about Black history, the ...
Moroccan authorities have taken steps to address the rise of unlicensed house churches in Casablanca, following growing ...
On Friday, July 4th, Underground Railroad Education Center at 194 Livingston Avenue in Albany will hold its annual Independence Day program marking the end of slavery in the state of New York and the ...
Day 6 of Wawa Welcome America features free admission to the Underground Railroad Museum and Christ Church Preservation Trust ...
Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, founded in 1844, is the oldest. “Olivet is one of the seminal churches that has been in Chicago pretty much since Black people have been in ...
The church associated with the Underground Railroad was sold to Cape May after it burned in 2018. It’s now the home of East Lynne Theater Company. ... Emily Dempsey, 89, has been a member of the Allen ...
The events include a block party, the showing of a documentary film, and a commemorative program at a Black cemetery.
During the 1860s, Olivet Baptist Church was an active stop on the Underground Railroad, helping escaped slaves with food and a warm place to stay. Olivet, the second-oldest Black church in Chicago ...