On August 27 and September 4th, 1949, violence broke out at two concerts held outside Peekskill, NY, headlined by black singer, actor, and activist Paul Robeson. Citizens of Peekskill, galvanized…
Call ahead to schedule your tour at The Myers Residence. Tours are hosted at 12:30pm and 2:00pm on Saturdays. Admission payments can be made online at https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/tours/ or at The…
Authors across time have challenged us to look back at history and learn what we missed, to relearn what we had not fully understood, to reexamine in more detail new…
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have, but the staff at The Myers Residence would like to share time with their families, so to that end The Stephen and…
Join with a lively bunch of community members in the planning of Arias in the Afternoon with Handel's Messiah arias to be the centerpiece. Do you like thinking big? Do…
The headstone for Stephen and Harriet Myers's gravesite in Albany Rural Cemetery has been completed. Can you join with community members to plan and implement a ceremony to be held…
Continuing UREC’s tradition of programming that promotes collaboration, literary and research skills in our high school participants, teen participants, led by UREC facilitators, will learn local Underground Railroad history and…
Excelsior’s Center for Social Justice, the Civic Engagement Rope Team, the Underground Railroad Education Center, and the Capital Region DEIBJ Leadership Consortium are thrilled to invite you to participate in…
Seniors in the Albany, NY Capital Region – you are invited to begin your creative journey at the Historic Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence with award-winning illustrators, Shirley Clark and…
On September 4th, 1949, roughly 30,000 people were attacked after attending a Paul Robeson concert. A similar concert was prevented from happening the previous week by a racist and anti-Semitic…
Call ahead to schedule your tour at The Myers Residence. Tours are hosted at 12:30pm and 2:00pm on Saturdays. Admission payments can be made online at https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/tours/ or at The…
In light of the impact of the federal gutting of funds awarded to UREC for the Interpretive Center and for the Museum Studies Teen Program, UREC is engaging in an…
