Events

Ken Aslakson, PhD, Union College, will discuss antebellum New York, home to some of the time period’s most well-known freedom seekers. No person of African descent was ever completely secure in their freedom. Even those born free were susceptible to being kidnapped and sold into enslavement. Event details and tickets available at https://schenectadyhistorical.org/event/illegal-freedom-and-illegal-slavery-with-professor-ken-aslakson/ $5 admission

What more is there to know about the Underground Railroad? It was all about Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass and helping escaping slaves find freedom in Canada, wasn't it? Whose voices contributed to this image of Underground Railroad history? Where did this understanding come from? New research conducted by Paul and Mary Liz Stewart, Scholars-in-Residence…

Join Paul and Mary Liz Stewart, Scholars-in-Residence at Russell Sage College, and Oscar Williams, PhD at SUNY Albany on WAMC Northeast Public Radio’s Vox Pop at 2pm on Wednesday, February 26. Vox Pop is WAMC's live call-in talk program. hoste by Alan Chartok and Ray Graf. There are several ways to join the conversation: Call…

Join in the planning of 5 Boros to Freedom 2020 - a celebration of African American history and culture in the five boroughs of New York City. HIGHLIGHTING THE PINKSTER THEMES OF SELF-RELIANCE, SUPPORTING OTHERS, SELF-ASSERTION, AND COMMUNITY, 5 BOROS TO FREEDOM LOOKS TO CELEBRATE THESE THEMES THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROGRAM OFFERINGS TO BE…

July 4th Oration, 2020 planning starts now! Lend a hand to design a memorable July 4th program. Framed by Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech, What to the Slave is Your Fourth of July, and using previous formatting ideas as a springboard to planning the 2020 event, lend your ideas, your expertise, your creative thoughts, to the…

The LiberytCon 2020 Planning Team invites you to join with them in the planning and implementation of this history-changing event. Meetings are held on the first Monday of each month from 5:30pm-7pm at The Myers Residence. Be an agent of change! Planning, marketing, fundraising, coordinating speakers and attendees and volunteers and vendors and exhibitors, recordkeeping…

You are invited to join the Member Campaign planning team. Recognizing those who are already members, setting an action plan in place to expand membership, and implementing that plan are the work of this team. Follow up planning for new and renewed members is a key component. Like to interact with folks from all different…

  Do you like digging in the dirt? Researching? Drafting grant applications? Recordkeeping? Planning programs, exhibits, displays? This very active committee needs more volunteers to carry out its important work for URHP and for the community. Be part of the Collections Team!

The pioneering work in the study of the role of Black Americans during Reconstruction by the most influential Black intellectual of his time. This pioneering work was the first full-length study of the role Black Americans played in the crucial period after the Civil War, when those enslaved had been freed and the attempt was…

  Calling all chess players from no experience to beginners to experts. Come play a historical game in a historical house. Boards and chess pieces provided. All are welcome the third Monday of every month.

Monthly 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 URHPCR. Please contact Mary Liz Stewart, Executive Director, to inform her of your intent to attend. Mary Liz Stewart – (518) 432-4432 or https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/contact/

5 Boros to Freedom intends to revive and renew the community celebration of Pinkster, honoring the communal ancestors, paying tribute to their fortitude and courage, and drawing strength from them as we celebrate the Pinkster themes of self-reliance, supporting others, self-assertion and community as they present themselves to us today. 5 Boros to Freedom is…