Help us raise $250,000 as we celebrate the rescue of freedom seeker Charles from the clutches of a US Commissioner and proslavery forces in Troy, New York, on April 27, 1860.
With the supervision of professional rappellers from Over the Edge, sponsored individuals will rappel from the roof of the YWCA-GCR located at 21 First Street in Troy, New York. Folks who are differently abled are welcome to join in.
Help us raise $250,000 as we celebrate the rescue of freedom seeker Charles from the clutches of a US Commissioner and proslavery forces in Troy, New York, on April 27, 1860.
With the supervision of professional rappellers from Over the Edge, sponsored individuals will rappel from the roof of the YWCA-GCR located at 21 First Street in Troy, New York. Folks who are differently abled are welcome to join in.
Launching this year, UREC’s Black Experience Exhibit Series features stories that illuminate Black history in the Capital Region and beyond. Designed to travel, the pop-up exhibits move from one community space to the next, ensuring Black history remains visible and accessible.
In order for Underground Railroad Education Center to continue to expand its outreach and share the empowering reinterpretation of underground railroad history and its relevance for us today, UREC needs a facility fully dedicated to programs, events, exhibits, video documentary production and viewing, research, workforce development, children’s engagement, and the arts. This facility would be the Interpretive Center of Underground Railroad Education Center.
Visit The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence for a journey through the real story of the Black Abolitionist movement and celebrate the thousands of unsung, everyday heroes who worked to move our country closer to true democracy.
Altamond Enterprise: ‘The battle is yet to be engaged’: Underground Railroad Center lawsuit is moving forward Melissa Hale-Spencer for The Altamont Enterprise, August 7, 2026 ALBANY COUNTY— After months of…
Altamont Enterprise: Underground Railroad center gets $2M grant, still short because of withdrawn federal funds ALBANY COUNTY — Paul and Mary Liz Stewart, founders of the not-for-profit Underground Railroad Education…
Art by Elisabeth Vines If we allow our history to be whitewashed, the richness and strength of our nation will disappear By Melissa Hale-Spencer Altamont Enterprise Thursday, April 2, 2026…
Underground Railroad museum sues Trump administration after $250K grant canceled ALBANY — The Underground Railroad Education Center is suing the National Endowment for the Humanities and several federal officials, after…
Underground Railroad museum sues Trump administration alleging it canceled grant on the basis of race By Kyla Guilfoil for NBC News An Underground Railroad museum in upstate New York alleged…
Underground Railroad museum says Trump administration cut funds over race By Gregory S. Schneider for the Washington Post The founders of an Underground Railroad history site in Albany, New York,…
