Stories tagged: "Underground Railroad"

Race 2/6/2007 Reading, PA 200700258- The outside of the A.M.E. Bethel Church building, and an historical marker describing the church. The Central Pennsylvania African American Museum at 119 N. 10th street in Reading Tuesday afternoon. The Museum is on the top floor of the A.M.E Bethel Church building, which was a stop on the underground railroad. Photo by Ben Hasty (Photo By Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)
Race 10 Key Stops on the Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania

Black History Month is an ideal time to look at Pennsylvania’s role in helping Black Americans escape enslavement on the Underground Railroad.

Graham Harrington Graham Harrington February 15, 2023 12:10 pm EST

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Volunteers Aaron McKissic, left, an employee of FedEx, and Dina Nellis, right, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, work on an assembly line filling bags with six week-end meals for students in 29 Pittsburgh city schools in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. The Backpack Feeding Program provides free weekend meals to children enrolled in the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture National School Lunch Program's Free or Reduced Price School Meals. The Backpack Feeding program is coordinated by the joint effort of Focus Pittsburgh, and the Pittsburgh area Food Bank. ( Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Local We asked, you answered: What’s a charity or organization in Pennsylvania you feel strongly about donating your time and/or money to?
Congresswoman Susan Wild speaking at the grand opening of a TSA security checkpoint at the Lehigh Valley International Airport on July 28, 2023 (Photo: Sean Kitchen) Labor Susan Wild confronts anti-union executive at US House hearing