Tom Shepard said the Underground Railroad is ignored despite Chicago’s South Side and south suburbs identified as home to ...

Explore Illinois’ Underground Railroad history at Beardstown’s Old Lincoln Courtroom exhibit, featuring stories, photos and ...

This historic marker is located at the second stop of the Upper Darby Underground Railroad Tour. The Riverview House was the ...

Illinois has a deep connection to the Underground Railroad. That's why lawmakers are pushing an initiative to preserve sites ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The anti-human trafficking nonprofit Operation Underground Railroad (OUR) has a new CEO for the third time in three years. Tammy Lee took over in February 2024 after multiple ...

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere / Sun-Times Share During the 1860s, Olivet Baptist Church was an active stop on the Underground Railroad, helping escaped slaves with food and a warm place to stay.

Mary Liz Stewart, who founded the Underground Railroad center with her husband, Paul, in the 1990s, said the idea for the museum project came when she was looking for quotes by Black Americans for a ...