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Black History Month at the NYS Concourse

Empire State Plaza Concourse, Albany NY

Visit the Underground Railroad History Project table in the NYS Concourse on Wednesday, February 5 between 10am-2pm. Myers Mercantile items will be available for purchase and information about upcoming events and programs will be available. Stop by and say ‘hello!’.

Fire and Freedom: Looking at the Exhibit Through New York Eyes

HVCC BulmerTelecommunications Ctr 80 Vandenburgh Avenue, Troy, NY

In the traveling exhibit Fire and Freedom: Food and Enslavement in Early America, George Washington’s plantation, Mount Vernon, serves as a lens into the world of food and enslavement in colonial Virginia. Culinary historian Lavada Nahon compares the depiction of Mount Vernon with the unique food culture of colonial New York. Source:: https://libguides.hvcc.edu/fandf

Troy’s African American Community: Its Quest for Freedom and Equality Before the American Civil War

HVCC BulmerTelecommunications Ctr 80 Vandenburgh Avenue, Troy, NY

Preceding the American Civil War, the African American community in Troy was the prominent center of racial justice activism. The community was recognized at that time for tenacious leadership in the state suffrage reform movement as well as the national abolition movement. Jennifer Thompson Burns, Ph.D. will reveal the rich history of Troy’s antebellum African…

URHP Board Meeting

Underground Railroad History Project 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany

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, via the phone number or website link to inform her of your intent to attend.

The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, United States

Author Talk and Signing with Andrew Delbanco. The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, the Rhinebeck Reformed Church, the Jewish Federation of Dutchess County and the Mid-Hudson Antislavery History Project will present an African American History Month author talk and signing with Andrew Delbanco author of THE WAR BEFORE THE WAR: FUGITIVE SLAVES AND THE STRUGGLE FOR AMERICA'S SOUL…

Collections Committee

Underground Railroad History Project 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany

Collections Committee is setting up a museum quality artifact management system for the thousands of artifacts unearthed through a variety of archeological digs across the years, and the Collections Committee is organizing archival records and other historic records of Underground Railroad History Project. Take photos. Draft text. Manage filing. Join in the fun and contribute…

URHP Reads – Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880

Underground Railroad History Project 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany

All are welcome to join in the discussion of Black Reconstruction in American 1860-1880 by E.B. Du Bois. Books are available for $25 from Underground Railroad History Project. Du Bois published Black Reconstruction (BR) in 1935 with Harcourt, Brace and Company (New York). He completed it after leaving the NAACP and returning to Atlanta University.…

Chess – It’s Your Move

Underground Railroad History Project 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany

CALLING ANYONE INTERESTED IN PLAYING OR LEARNING HOW TO PLAY CHESS, A HISTORIC GAME SET IN A HISTORIC HOUSE. BOARDS AND PLAYING PIECES PROVIDED. ALL AGES AND ABILITY LEVELS WELCOME.