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

The U.S. agency appeared to restore text on the history of African Americans escaping slavery, including a photo of famed ...

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

A store in downtown Charleston has been continuously selling alcohol for almost 340 years, making it the oldest liquor store ...

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

The National Park Service (NPS) has removed a reference to abolitionist Harriet Tubman from its webpage dedicated to the Underground Railroad. For years, the NPS’s page on the ...

The Mifflin farmstead in Hellam Township will be open to the public on a limited basis starting later this month, according to a news release.

Other plans for the site include a plaza and pergola for outdoor gatherings, along with the new heritage center to house the ...

The London Underground is famously the world’s oldest subsurface metro system - and many would argue that it is by far the best. The first section, then known as the Metropolitan Railway ...

The London Underground is famously the world's oldest subsurface metro system - and many would argue that it is by far the ...