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

Thirty years after its founding by a small group of individuals, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is ...

The Calumet River Underground Railroad Project was renamed the Midwest Underground Railroad Network and now has a headquarters.

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

On April 26, the Holy Trinity Quilting Queens will host a talk on “Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the ...

Senator Dave Koehler (D-Peoria) introduced Senate Bill 1607 to continue the research of an Underground Railroad task force he ...

Officials at Cincinnati's Freedom Center learned last week that the history they tell about the Underground Railroad conflicts with a revised version favored by the Trump administration.

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

Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website ...

In February, the commission announced the second trail, the Ohio Creativity ... Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center to many small-town gems.

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center announced the 2025 honorees of its International Freedom Conductor Awards, which, in past years, recognized several celebrities, politicians and ...