As part of Black History Month, we recognize the city and college of Oberlin. The Lorain County community, 35 miles southwest of Cleveland, was a key stop on the Underground Railroad and gained ...

The Oberlin Heritage Center presented on Feb. 12 a talk known as “Freedom’s Friends,” detailing the area’s part in the Underground Railroad. Throughout February, the North Ridgeville ...

The celebration of the official grand opening of the Oberlin Underground Railroad Center, 273 S. Main St., behind McDonald’s, will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Oct. 7, according to a news release.

OBERLIN, Ohio (WOIO) - This Black History Month, a small town in Northeast Ohio is bringing to light a powerful story of courage, defiance, and the Underground Railroad: the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue.

She stressed that on the Oberlin stop on the Underground Railroad, fleeing slaves found succor from both blacks and whites. Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison visits Oberlin Morrison's characters in ...

leaning heavily on its history of being a stop on the Underground Railroad as well as one of the first colleges to admit Black students. Tuition at Oberlin is more than $61,000 a year, and the ...