Underground Railroad History Conference
This conference will examine the Underground Railroad, its legacies, and how it has affected communities still existing today. Scholars, students, artists, educators, historians and community members will explore how the Underground Railroad shapes history and identity, locally and nationally, to this day; how the memory of the Railroad has been constructed and reconstructed; how the Railroad influenced subsequent and contemporary social movements; and what it teaches modern U.S. citizens as advocates of democracy and citizens of the world.