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The Little Calumet River Underground Railroad Project and Forest Preserves of Cook County will host a Freedom Trail Hike later this month retracing the route of escaped slaved who passed

More than 50 community members filled the Evanston History Center Thursday to hear historian Rhonda K. Craven present on Black health professionals in Evanston from the late 1800s to the 1930s.  Craven, who works at the Second Baptist Church of Evanston, said she began researching the subject after noticing a name missing from an article...

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ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.

There is an effort to nationally recognize the history of the Underground Railroad in Northern Indiana.The Chicago to Detroit Freedom Trail organization is work

The Little Calumet River UGRR Project organization seeks the designation of a National Historic Trail for the routes followed from Chicago to Detroit.

An estimated 800 to 1,500 freedom seekers who escaped slavery passed through Northwest Indiana on their way to Canada. A new project aims to unearth their stories.

CHICAGO — There is a beautiful duality to the first Chicago site recognized as part of the Underground Railroad. In front, a historical plaque unveiled in 2019 solemnly marks the former Jan and Aagje Ton Farm, 557 E. 134th Place, as part of the National Park Service Network to Freedom program. Chicago’s Finest Marina exists in the back, the sole Black-owned marina in the city. Ronald Gaines ...

CHICAGO — There is a beautiful duality to the first Chicago site recognized as part of the Underground Railroad. In front, a historical plaque unveiled in 2019 solemnly marks the former Jan and Aagje Ton Farm, 557 E. 134th Place, as part of the National Park Service Network to Freedom program. Chicago’s Finest Marina exists in the back, the sole Black-owned marina in the city. Ronald Gaines ...

As another school year gets into full swing and summer comes to an end, we also celebrate International Underground Railroad Month. September shines light on the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, created in 1998 to show the history of resistance to enslavement. The Network to Freedom features a verified, ongoing list of Underground Railroad sites, ...