The Price of Half-Freedom is the story of the first free Black residents in what was to become New York and the events that led to their emancipation: a…
Rather than starting a new book in the busy month of December, and in order to give everyone time to locate a copy of The Dawning of the Apocalypse, it…
The Daniel Stewart Memorial Fund Early Photographer Award of Underground Railroad Education Center announces its award recipients for 2022. The Daniel Stewart Fund was founded in 2020 to honor the…
Colonie, NY seniors will visit The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence for a tour experience. The Myers Residence is an outstanding artifact of the Anti-slavery and Underground Railroad period. The…
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence will be closed on Saturday, December 24 through Monday, December 26 in observance of the Christmas holiday. We apologize for an inconvenience this may…
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence will be closed on Saturday, December 31 through Monday, January 2, 2023 in observance of the Christmas holiday. We apologize for an inconvenience this…
UREC is participating in the Target Circle program! You can vote for us and help direct Target’s giving to benefit UREC by making a purchase online, at a Target store,…
Join with Paul and Mary Liz Stewart at the January 15 service at First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany as congregation members Pass the Plate, raising funds to support the…
The 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,…
Join 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 movement that had an active presence in the city of Albany and continues to inform civil rights efforts toda.
Evaluation 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 honor of Daniel Stewart who contributed his photography skills to photographically record the happenings of UREC. His life was cut short at the young age…
The 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 to believe. In the midst of significant pro-slavery sentiment, New York State was home to many abolitionists working to abolish the institution of enslavement in…
