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Events
Black Resistance
The Blake Annex 1 Steuben Place, Albany, New YorkThe Albany County Legislative Black Caucus presents a Black History Month Panel on Black Resistance scheduled for February 1 from 5:30-6:30pm at The Black Annex located at 1 Steuben Place,…
The Underground Railroad and Albany’s South End
Howe Library 105 Schuyler St, Albany, NYJoin with Paul and Mary LIz Stewart to learn about the Underground Railroad and its relationship with Albany's South End. Bring your questions, comments, thoughts about this historic civil rights…
Daniel Stewart Memorial Fund – Planning Committee Meeting
Online via ZoomEvaluation of the Award Event and steps moving forward will be the topic of discussion at the February 7, 2023 Daniel Stewart Memorial Fund meeting. This award is named in…
The Underground Railroad Revisited – at Messiah Lutheran Church Community Center
Messiah Lutheran Church Community Center 705 Curry Road, Schenectady, New YorkThe Underground Railroad, often remembered as being characterized by tunnels, dark of night escapes, coded language, and hidey-holes, was far more extensive and complex than these ideas have led us…
Collections Committee Planning Meeting
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NYDo you like digging in the dirt? Researching? Drafting grant applications? Record keeping? Planning programs, exhibits, displays? Contributing to the development of the Collections Management System as we work to…
UREC Reads – The Dawning of the Apocalypse
Online via ZoomSummary: In retelling the bloodthirsty story of the invasion of the Americas, Horne recounts how the fierce resistance by Africans and their Indigenous allies weakened Spain and enabled London to…
“The Interview” – a screening and discussion
OnlineFor Black History Month Kingston 2023, The Library at the A.J. Williams- Myers African Roots Center, ENJAN (End the New Jim Crow Action Network) Kingston, and the YWCA Ulster County…
Stephen Myers and the Underground Railroad
OnlineJoin Mary Liz and Paul Stewart as they discuss Harriet and Stephen Myers, Black abolitionists whose residence was a headquarters for Underground Railroad activity in the Capital Region in the…
Black Authors in the Hudson Valley Book Talk – Janell Hobson and “When God Lost Her Tongue”
Professor Java's Coffee Sanctuary Shoppers Plaza - 145 Wolf Road, Albany, NYThis is a hybrid event via Zoom (link below) and in-person at Professor Java's Coffee Sanctuary (address below) When God Lost Her Tongue explores historical consciousness as captured through the Black…
Anti-Slavery in Columbia County and the Region
OnlineColumbia County was an important and vibrant community in the first half of the 19th century. Temperance, reform movements and Underground Railroad activity were part of the antebellum period. Numerous…
UREC Board Meeting – February 21
Hartgen Archaeological Associates 1744 Washington avenue Extension, Rensselaer, NYMonthly URHPCR Board Meetings are open to the public. Pay us a visit. Listen in on the discussions that inform implementation of the mission-based vision of UREC. Board meetings are…
