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National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

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Freedom Center celebrates Juneteenth with Jubilee street festival and free museum admission

June 16, 2025June 15, 20250

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is once again turning Freedom Way into a street festival to celebrate freedom. The…

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National Underground Railroad Freedom Center celebrates 30 years — and looks to future

April 28, 2025April 28, 20250

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

February 11, 2025February 10, 20252

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will host a screening of a film created by three Northern Kentucky University faculty….

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National Underground Railroad Freedom Center announces slate of events for Black History Month

January 26, 2025January 26, 20250

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center has announced its schedule of Black History Month programming that includes two music performances,…

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National Underground Railroad Freedom Center speaker series to ‘turn dialogue into action’

September 6, 2024September 5, 20240

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center announced a new speaker series to turn injustice into dialogue and dialogue into action….

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Reflecting on Civil Rights Act of 1954: Onward Freedom display celebrates 60th anniversary

July 2, 2024July 1, 20240

Sixty years ago on July 2, after a century of persistent activism in the face of terrorism and violence, justice…

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Underground Railroad Freedom Center to hold Juneteenth street festival, offer free admission

June 16, 2024June 15, 20240

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is turning Freedom Way in Cincinnati into a street festival in celebration of freedom…

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National Underground Railroad Freedom Center offering free admission for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 4, 2024January 3, 20240

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…

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National Underground Railroad Freedom Center helps strike first Harriet Tubman commemorative coin

November 29, 2023November 28, 20230

Leaders from the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center participated in a ceremony at the United States Mint to strike the…

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Freedom Center, Mint, Home join to announce three commemorative coins in honor of Harriet Tubman

July 25, 2023July 24, 20230

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center joined the United States Mint and the Harriet Tubman Home revealed the designs for…

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Commentary: Underground Railroad Freedom Center on Nichols death, calls for law enforcement reform

January 30, 2023January 30, 20230

We find ourselves in a shockingly familiar situation: a nation in mourning over the unjust and brutal death of a…

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TMU partners with Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra for ‘Healing & Understanding’ lecture, concert series

October 7, 2022October 6, 20220

Thomas More University has announced a partnership with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) to present Healing & Understanding: We Are…

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Ongoing systems failure changes reopening for Freedom Center, Cincinnati Museum Center

March 23, 2022March 22, 20220

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) updated their timelines for reopening following a temporary closure…

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Historian Carl Westmoreland dies at 85, was instrumental in development of NURFC

March 11, 2022March 10, 20221

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center joins friends and family in mourning the loss of renowned historian Carl Westmoreland, who…

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Martin Luther King Day: Most government offices, schools are closed; NAACP to hold annual Outreach Luncheon in Newport

January 16, 2022January 15, 20220

Staff report Most government offices, banks, the Post Office, and schools are closed tomorrow for Martin Luther King Day, a…

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Woody Keown of National Underground Railroad Freedom Center reflects on life of Desmond Tutu

December 29, 2021December 28, 20210

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center mourns the passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. “Archbishop Tutu lived a life dedicated to…

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NURFC’s Woodrow Keown applauds Fowler, O’Neil inductions into Baseball Hall of Fame

December 7, 2021December 6, 20210

Woodrow Keown Jr. president and CEO, of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center issued the following statement regarding the induction…

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Woodrow Keown: John Lewis Voting Rights Act a step toward the freedom for which MLK dreamed

August 31, 2021August 30, 20210

Today, 58 years after the historic March on Washington, we thank and acknowledge thousands across the nation who are again…

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NURFC awards the inaugural International Film Festival Freedom Award to Bridge, by Kripal Kalita

July 11, 2021July 10, 20210

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center awarded the OTR International Film Festival’s inaugural Freedom Award to Bridge, a film by…

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NURFC’s Freedom Conductor award to go to Amal and George Clooney, John Lewis, Bryan Stevenson

May 24, 2021May 23, 20210

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center’s highest honor, the International Freedom Conductor Award, will be presented to Amal and George…

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Freedom Center joins with museums coast-to-coast to launch BLKFREEDOM.org this Friday

June 16, 2020June 15, 20200

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will join five other leading Black museums and historical institutions to launch BLKFREEDOM.org, a…

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National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati sets July 24 reopening date

June 13, 2020June 12, 20200

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center has announced it will reopen July 24. The news comes after what has already…

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