Category: Underground Railroad In Philadelphia

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We Shall Overcome: Music in the Continuing Struggle for Freedom Thursday October 16, 2014, 4pm Temple University, 1330 Polett Walk We Shall Overcome is a protest song that became a key anthem of the Civil Rights Movement is thought to be a derivative of I’ll Overcome Someday, written by Rev. Charles Albert Tindley (1851–1933) of…

Role of the African American Churches, the Masons, the African Mysteries and the Secret Codes

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Role of the African American Churches, the Masons, the African Mysteries and the Secret Codes Thursday October 16, 2014, 2:30pm Temple University, 1330 Polett Walk African American churches ranked number 1 in churches who supported the cause. In 1831, Mother Bethel A.M.E. held the first black political convention in PA to protest slavery. At this…

Speaking in Riddles, Singing in Codes

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Speaking in Riddles, Singing in Codes Thursday October 16, 2014, 1pm Temple University, 1330 Polett Walk Supporters of the Underground Railroad created their own codes as a secret language in order to help slaves escape. Code words would be used in letters to “agents” so that if they were intercepted they would not be understood. Underground…

Historic Overview of the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia, a Lecture by Charles L. Blockson

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Historic Overview of the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia, a Lecture by Charles L. Blockson Wednesday Oct 15, 3pm Temple University, 1330 Polett Walk Charles L. Blockson has distinguished himself as a historian dedicated to Black history, amassing one of the largest private collections of African-American history in the United States, a collection he donated to…

Follow the Drinking Gourd – Did Your Family Travel on the Underground Railroad?

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The Charles L. Blockson Collection at Temple University and The Moonstone Arts Center Present Historic Overview of the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia Wednesday Oct 15, 1pm Temple University, 1330 Polett Walk Follow the Drinking Gourd – Did Your Family Travel on the Underground Railroad? Meet some who did: join Charles L. Blockson and relatives of…

William Still: Film and Discussion

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The Underground Railroad: The William Still Story – Film & Discussion The film blends stories, characters and context with evocative reenactments, new historical perspectives and sometimes shocking accounts. The predominant “voices” in the documentary are those of William Still and a selection of freedom seekers whose stories help define the era. Their actual words…

Stories from the Underground Railroad: A Family Program

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Saturday October 18, 2014 11am & 12 noon – Independence Seaport Museum 211 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard Stories from the Underground Railroad: A Family Program Free with Museum Admission The inspiring story of brave people compelled to act in the face of injustice, risking their livelihoods, their families, and their lives in the cause of…

Robert Purvis & the Philadelphia Vigilant Committee

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Tuesday October 21, 2014 7:00pm – Community Education Center, 3500 Lancaster Avenue Robert Purvis & the Philadelphia Vigilant Committee In 1832, at the age of the twenty-two, Robert Purvis wrote a petition with William Whipper opposing Congressional funding of the emigration of free slaves to Africa. In 1833 Purvis helped found the American Anti-Slavery Society…

William Still & the Pennsylvania Vigilance Committee

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Wednesday October 22, 2014 5:30pm – Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust St William Still & the Pennsylvania Vigilance Committee The youngest of eighteen children, Still was a son of former slaves who started working as a clerk in the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society during the 1840s and became the principal organizer of the state’s Underground…

Women In Revolt: Stepping into the World and The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society

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