Underground Railroad in Philadelphia Schedule of Events

Monday, Sept. 29
William Still: Film & Discussion

Tuesday, Sept. 30
William Still: Film & Discussion

Thursday, Oct. 2
William Still: Film & Discussion

Saturday, Oct. 4
William Still: Film & Discussion

Sunday, Oct. 5
William Still: Film & Discussion

Wednesday, Oct. 8
William Still: Film & Discussion

Thursday, Oct. 9
William Still: Film & Discussion

Saturday, Oct. 11
Teacher Training Workshop
Bus Tour of the Underground Railroad Sites in the Germantown Area

Tuesday, Oct. 14
Slavery in the 21st Century: Sex Trafficking, Labor Trafficking, and the Prison Labor

Wednesday, Oct. 15
Follow the Drinking Gourd – Did Your Family Travel on the Underground Railroad?
Historic Overview of the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia, a Lecture by Charles L. Blockson
The Underground Railroad, the Civil Rights Movement & Today

Thursday, Oct. 16
Speaking in Riddles, Singing in Codes
Role of the African American Churches, Masons and the African Mysteries
We Shall Overcome: Music in the Continuing Struggle for Freedom
Underground Railroad in Words & Music

Saturday, Oct. 18
Stories From the Underground Railroad: A Family Program

Monday, Oct. 20
William Still: Film & Discussion

Tuesday, Oct. 21
Robert Purvis & The Philadelphia Vigilant Committee

Wednesday, Oct. 22
William Still & The Pennsylvania Vigilance Committee

Thursday, Oct. 23
Women in Revolt: Stepping into the World & The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society

Saturday, Oct. 25
Tour the Center City Underground Railroad Sites

Revolution & Reaction

Sunday, Oct. 26
Roots of Resistance: Remembering the Role of the AME Church in the Underground Railroad

Thursday, Oct. 30
Ruthanne Lum McCunn: Chinese Yankee – A True Story

Sunday, November 2
S.O.S. Calling All Black People: A Black Arts Movement Reader

Thursday, November 6
Created Equal Film Festival: The Abolitionist

Thursday, November 13
Created Equal Film Festival: Slavery by Another Name

Thursday, December 4
Created Equal Film Festival: Freedom Riders

Thursday, December 11
Created Equal Film Festival: The Loving Story

Thursday December 18
Created Equal Film Festival: Brother Outsider

5 thoughts on “Underground Railroad in Philadelphia Schedule of Events”

  1. I truly wish I had been informed about this program earlier. I have had an Underground Railroad Camp for over ten summers. My camp is part of the National Park Service’s Network to Freedom Program. My last one was conducted this past August at the historic Church of the Advocate. I, too, can provide teacher training. I have worked at he Johnson House Historic Site as a site administrator, and I still give tours of that site.Please contact me at 215-917-6318.

    Thank you!

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