On Friday, October 21, the Friends of Freedom Society, Inc., a grassroots, all volunteer, non-profit organization devoted to researching, documenting, and preserving Underground Railroad sites throughout Ohio, met in Sylvania, OH, for its 14th Ohio Underground Railroad Summit entitled, Sylvania: A Final Terminus.  The 2011 summit focused on the impact the Underground Railroad had on [...]

Visit the Quaker Heritage Center at Wilmington College to explore New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music.   Listen to America’s music and hear the story of freedom.   It’s the story of a people in a New World, places they have left behind, and ideas they have brought with them.   It is the story of people who [...]

[ March 22, 2011; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] People pick the strangest times to sing together, risking their lives for freedom in the streets of Cairo in 2011, or on the back trails of Kentucky in
1837. Explore the “freedom song” impulse with Allen Schwartz as he talks and sings about the way we celebrate freedom’s struggle in song and art.

An exhibit, New Harmonies: [...]

[ September 30, 2011; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. October 1, 2011; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. October 2, 2011; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Audience members will be immersed in the events experienced by runaway slaves- stealing away into the night and meeting conductors and abolitionists determined to help with their escape to freedom.

Details: Performance times and ticket sales will be announced. Program for ages 12 and older.

Sponsor: This interactive drama, originally performed in 2009, is presented by the [...]

[ April 23, 2011 to May 22, 2011. ] Visit the Massillon Museum for an exhibition, presented in conjunction with the Big Read, of 49 paintings, etchings and drawings by Joseph Holston.

Exhibition opening: Saturday, April 23, 7:00-9:00pm

Details: Free and open to the public.

Sponsor: Massillon Museum, The Big Read

Location: Massillon Museum,121 Lincoln Way E., Massillon, OH 44646

For more information, please visit http://www.massillonmuseum.org/ or call (330) [...]