Railroad

New York’s newly identified Underground Railroad passage is under threat

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NEW YORK — A newly identified Underground Railroad passageway once used by enslaved people fleeing to freedom is putting the spotlight on a New York City museum and its struggle against a proposed neighboring development. Staff at the Merchant’s House Museum — an upper crust family home built in 1832 in Manhattan’s NoHo district — … Read more

Underground Railroad museum sues Trump administration alleging it canceled grant on the basis of race

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An Underground Railroad museum in upstate New York alleged in a lawsuit Friday that the Trump administration unlawfully terminated its federal grant on the basis of race, pointing to President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle diversity-focused initiatives. The Underground Railroad Education Center, located in Albany N.Y., alleges in its lawsuit that the National Endowment for … Read more