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The Underground and Overground Railroad

2023-02-05 14:00:00 2023-02-05 15:30:00 America/Phoenix The Underground and Overground Railroad Tempe Public Library - Desert Willow Program Room

Sunday, February 05
2:00pm - 3:30pm

Add to Calendar 2023-02-05 14:00:00 2023-02-05 15:30:00 America/Phoenix The Underground and Overground Railroad Using storytelling, historical artifacts and songs... Tempe Public Library - Desert Willow Program Room

Tempe Public Library

Desert Willow Program Room

Using storytelling, historical artifacts and songs...

This presentation will depict the ingenuity and resiliency used by those involved in the Underground Railroad to help over 100,000 enslaved people escape to freedom between 1810 and 1850.  We’ll then fast forward to the Jim Crow era and explore the Overground Railroad created by the Green Book which helped foster a network of safe spaces that allowed blacks to travel, live and work despite illegal and legally sanctioned discrimination through Jim Crow laws.

This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Adult Education |

TAGS: | underground railroad | overground railroad |

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