National Underground Railroad Freedom Center celebrates 30 years — and looks to future
Thirty years after its founding by a small group of individuals, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is celebrating a generation of…
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National Underground Railroad Freedom Center to host screening of NKU film on rise of abolitionism Feb. 16
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will host a screening of a film created by three Northern Kentucky University faculty….
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center announces slate of events for Black History Month
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center has announced its schedule of Black History Month programming that includes two music performances,…
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center speaker series to ‘turn dialogue into action’
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center announced a new speaker series to turn injustice into dialogue and dialogue into action….
Reflecting on Civil Rights Act of 1954: Onward Freedom display celebrates 60th anniversary
Sixty years ago on July 2, after a century of persistent activism in the face of terrorism and violence, justice…
Underground Railroad Freedom Center to hold Juneteenth street festival, offer free admission
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is turning Freedom Way in Cincinnati into a street festival in celebration of freedom…
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center offering free admission for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is offering free admission for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 15. A performance by award-winning…
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center helps strike first Harriet Tubman commemorative coin
Leaders from the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center participated in a ceremony at the United States Mint to strike the…
Freedom Center, Mint, Home join to announce three commemorative coins in honor of Harriet Tubman
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center joined the United States Mint and the Harriet Tubman Home revealed the designs for…
Commentary: Underground Railroad Freedom Center on Nichols death, calls for law enforcement reform
We find ourselves in a shockingly familiar situation: a nation in mourning over the unjust and brutal death of a…
TMU partners with Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra for ‘Healing & Understanding’ lecture, concert series
Thomas More University has announced a partnership with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) to present Healing & Understanding: We Are…
Ongoing systems failure changes reopening for Freedom Center, Cincinnati Museum Center
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) updated their timelines for reopening following a temporary closure…
Historian Carl Westmoreland dies at 85, was instrumental in development of NURFC
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center joins friends and family in mourning the loss of renowned historian Carl Westmoreland, who…
Martin Luther King Day: Most government offices, schools are closed; NAACP to hold annual Outreach Luncheon in Newport
Staff report Most government offices, banks, the Post Office, and schools are closed tomorrow for Martin Luther King Day, a…
Woody Keown of National Underground Railroad Freedom Center reflects on life of Desmond Tutu
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center mourns the passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. “Archbishop Tutu lived a life dedicated to…
NURFC’s Woodrow Keown applauds Fowler, O’Neil inductions into Baseball Hall of Fame
Woodrow Keown Jr. president and CEO, of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center issued the following statement regarding the induction…
Woodrow Keown: John Lewis Voting Rights Act a step toward the freedom for which MLK dreamed
Today, 58 years after the historic March on Washington, we thank and acknowledge thousands across the nation who are again…
NURFC awards the inaugural International Film Festival Freedom Award to Bridge, by Kripal Kalita
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center awarded the OTR International Film Festival’s inaugural Freedom Award to Bridge, a film by…
NURFC’s Freedom Conductor award to go to Amal and George Clooney, John Lewis, Bryan Stevenson
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center’s highest honor, the International Freedom Conductor Award, will be presented to Amal and George…
Freedom Center joins with museums coast-to-coast to launch BLKFREEDOM.org this Friday
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will join five other leading Black museums and historical institutions to launch BLKFREEDOM.org, a…
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati sets July 24 reopening date
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center has announced it will reopen July 24. The news comes after what has already…
Museum Center, Freedom Center extend closures to May 11, continue to offer online programs
NKyTribune staff Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) has announced that it is extending its temporary closure into May in accordance with…
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