Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The book, “A History of the Underground Railroad in Decatur County,” will be officially available to the public June 14 during a ...

*Oprah Winfrey chose Colson Whitehead‘s “The Underground Railroad” as the next title for Oprah’s Book Club. The title was originally set for release Sept. 13, but the publisher moved its release date ...

A visiting exhibit at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center explores the history and impact of a vital document for Black people in the Jim Crow era. <i>The Negro Motorist Green Book</i> ...

GALESBURG, Ill. - Many “stations” of the Underground Railroad — the secret, northbound escape route for fugitive slaves seeking freedom before the Civil War — were in western Illinois, according to a ...

The U.S. Postal Service unveiled several stamps honoring the ingenuity, bravery, and resilience of 10 courageous men and women who helped guide enslaved people to freedom via the network of secret ...

Popular culture is filled with stories of the underground railroad - the legendary secret network that helped enslaved people escape from southern slave states to free states in the north. Harriet ...

HALIFAX COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - A 100-year-old woman is preserving African American history through her quilts and now has a new book out. Halifax County native Edith Edmunds stitches patterns in her ...

Intro; Colson Whitehead; The Underground Railroad; Summary; Georgia and South Carolina; North Carolina and Tennessee; Indiana and the North; Character study; Cora; Mabel; Ridgeway; Caesar; Analysis; ...