/tags/national-underground-railroad-freedom-center National Underground Railroad Freedom Center en-US Copyright Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:48:32 GMT /local-news/2025-04-29/freedom-center-exhibit-this-place "In This Place" is meant to be both an introduction to the Freedom Center and a tribute to all the freedom seekers who crossed into the North via the Ohio River. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:48:32 GMT /local-news/2025-04-29/freedom-center-exhibit-this-place Tana Weingartner /local-news/2024-09-16/freedom-center-library-oral-histories-green-book The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is collaborating with the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library to record oral histories about people's experiences using the Negro Motorist Green Book during the Jim Crow Era. Mon, 16 Sep 2024 06:19:00 GMT /local-news/2024-09-16/freedom-center-library-oral-histories-green-book Tana Weingartner /local-news/2024-07-12/green-book-exhibit-underground-railroad-freedom-center The Negro Motorist Green Book was an important resource for Black travelers during the Jim Crow era. Fri, 12 Jul 2024 19:10:21 GMT /local-news/2024-07-12/green-book-exhibit-underground-railroad-freedom-center Tana Weingartner /local-news/2024-04-19/freedom-center-juneteenth-jubilee The festival is meant to be like early Juneteenth celebrations, complete with food, music and community. Fri, 19 Apr 2024 16:15:26 GMT /local-news/2024-04-19/freedom-center-juneteenth-jubilee Tana Weingartner /local-news/2024-03-04/traveling-harriet-tubman-statue-now-in-cincinnati The 11-foot tall sculpture of the famed freedom fighter will be in the Queen City until April 30. Mon, 04 Mar 2024 20:48:24 GMT /local-news/2024-03-04/traveling-harriet-tubman-statue-now-in-cincinnati Nick Swartsell /local-news/2023-12-07/national-underground-railroad-freedom-center-objects-expand-collections The museum says it's especially interested in items that represent or speak to "the experiences of people of color, women, children, immigrants, the LGBTQ+ community and those with differing abilities." Thu, 07 Dec 2023 19:47:13 GMT /local-news/2023-12-07/national-underground-railroad-freedom-center-objects-expand-collections Tana Weingartner /local-news/2023-09-14/ohio-launches-historical-underground-railroad-trail Ohio's newest historical trail pays tribute to the Underground Railroad and the people and places that connected the movement. Thu, 14 Sep 2023 15:54:37 GMT /local-news/2023-09-14/ohio-launches-historical-underground-railroad-trail Tana Weingartner /local-news/2023-07-25/cincinnati-underground-railroad-freedom-center-harriet-tubman-coin The Freedom Center has been working with the U.S. Mint since 2020 on coins honoring the Underground Railroad conductor. Tue, 25 Jul 2023 21:02:03 GMT /local-news/2023-07-25/cincinnati-underground-railroad-freedom-center-harriet-tubman-coin Nick Swartsell /local-news/2023-03-28/1968-poor-peoples-campaign-exhibit-freedom-center An exhibit by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the National Museum of African American History and Culture opens Thursday at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. It explores the movement against poverty founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Rev. Ralph Abernathy in the late '60s. Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:36:20 GMT /local-news/2023-03-28/1968-poor-peoples-campaign-exhibit-freedom-center Tana Weingartner /show/cincinnati-edition/2022-06-20/smithsonian-exhibit-mlk-final-campaign-cincinnati The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is hosting “Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People’s Campaign,” an exhibit about Martin Luther King, Jr.'s push for economic equity and his last major initiative before his assassination. Mon, 20 Jun 2022 08:00:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2022-06-20/smithsonian-exhibit-mlk-final-campaign-cincinnati