Tag: Underground Railroad in Philadelphia
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William Still & the Pennsylvania Vigilance Committee
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…
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Slavery in the 21st Century: Sex Trafficking, Labor Trafficking, and Prison Labor
Tuesday October 14, 2014 7pm – African American Museum in Philadelphia, 701 Arch Street Free with Museum Admission ($8 general admission, $5 AAMP Members) Slavery in the 21st Century: Sex Trafficking, Labor Trafficking, and Prison Labor Sex Tafficking, the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial…
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The Underground Railroad, the Civil Rights Movement & Today
Wednesday October 15, 2014 7:00pm – Brandywine Workshop, 728 S. Broad Street The Underground Railroad, the Civil Rights Movement & Today The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1, 1863 but that was just the tipping point. Emancipation was the result of a grass roots mass movement of more than thirty years and hundreds…
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Underground Railroad in Words and Music
Thursday October 16, 2014 7:00pm – 1199C Hospital Workers Union Hall, 1319 Locust Street Underground Railroad in Words and Music Kim and Reggie Harris present Music and the Underground Railroad, a concert of songs, stories and narratives about slavery and the quest for freedom which reveals the hope, the power and eventually the triumph shared…
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Roots of Resistance: Remembering the Role of the AME Church in the UGRR
Sunday October 26, 2014 The Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 419 S 6th St 11:00 am – Worship Service – Dr. Mark Kelly Tyler, Senior Pastor Roots of Resistance: Remembering the Role of the AME Church in the UGRR. Second Building Today …