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Barry Jenkins on ‘The Underground Railroad,’ Then and Now
Indiewire via Yahoo News UK· 6 days agoAs the director's 2021 masterpiece makes its Criterion debut, Jenkins looks back on his first TV...
...Doesn’t Want You to Feel Bad About Skipping ‘The Underground Railroad’ (But He Wouldn’t Mind if...
The Wrap via Yahoo News UK· 3 days ago...tells TheWrap of his 2021 Prime Video miniseries The post Barry Jenkins Doesn’t Want You to Feel...
Who Was Harriet Tubman? A Historian Sifts the Clues.
New York Times· 6 days agoTubman herself credited God with guiding her dangerous work as a conductor on the Underground Railroad during the 1850s; she made an ...
Compelling Film ‘Beyond Utopia’ Follows North Koreans Seeking Freedom
Forbes· 6 days agoDespite the very real danger, about 31,000 North Koreans have defected since the 1950s. The...
Celebrated abolitionist and activist Harriet Tubman’s secret history as a spy
NY Post· 2 days agoIn early 1862, Miles explains, Tubman made her way to South Carolina. There, her extensive knowledge...
Henry R. Barr, from self-emancipator to Watertown businessman
Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, N.Y.· 4 days agoPLATTSBURGH — The Thomas Memorial AME Zion Church’s members included African Americans who were once enslaved such as Henry R. Barr. The Thomas Memorial AME Zion Church, located at 715 Morrison ...
Juneteenth marked with historical tour
Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, N.Y.· 6 days agoKEESEVILLE — In honor of Juneteenth this year, members of the community embarked on a mini-tour of some of the North Country’s key locations where escaped slaves were helped or stopped on their ...