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Category: Texas

This Quiet Back Road, Remembering Juneteenth

June 19, 2026 Ken Johnston

By Frank Thompson This quiet back road filled me with equal parts concern and nostalgia. This gravel road reminded me…

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Posted in: Chronicling Resistance, Emancipation National Historic Trail, Juneteenth, Texas, Walking

Remembering Juneteenth Walk to Freedom

June 17, 2026 Ken Johnston

As the nation celebrates Juneteenth all this week, I reflect back to this week in 2024 when my friends Frank…

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Posted in: Friends of Columbia Tap, Galveston, Houston, Juneteenth, Middle Passage, Texas, Underground Railroad

Commemoration Walk: 2024 Juneteenth Media Interview

May 25, 2025 Ken Johnston

Prior to setting out on our 2024 Juneteenth Walk to Freedom from Galveston to Houston, Frank Thompson and I were…

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Posted in: Juneteenth, Media Interview, Texas, Transatlantic Slave Trade, Tropical Storms

From the archive: The Story of Abraham Rutledge – A Freedom Seeker

April 11, 2025 Ken Johnston

Listen in as Francisco Guajardo, of the Museum of South Texas History, discusses how historians “triangulate” research found in the…

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Posted in: Freedom, Hidalgo County, Texas, Underground Railroad

Article: The Johnston brothers have a story to tell: in art, history, and connecting food to the city

Ken Johnston

Working in different avenues of art, history, and food my brothers and I work to have a social impact on…

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Posted in: Hidalgo County, Interview, Murals, Philadelphia, Southern Road to Freedom, Texas, Underground Railroad, Walking

Dr. Francisco Guajardo discusses his family’s connection to the Rio Grande Valley

Ken Johnston

On the next to the last day of the Walking Southern Roads to Freedom journey I recently completed in McAllen,…

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Posted in: Hidalgo County, Texas, Underground Railroad, Walking

Join the Galveston Juneteenth Freedom Walkers

May 30, 2024 Ken Johnston

  Welcome the Galveston Juneteenth Freedom Walkers As They Arrive in Houston! Come join us on Mon, Jun 24, 2024…

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Posted in: Emancipation National Historic Trail, Fit Houston, Friends of Columbia Tap, Houston, Texas

Remembering Juneteenth – A New Walk

April 7, 2024 Ken Johnston

Remembering Juneteeth – A New Walk This Juneteenth Walk to Freedom will travel to Galveston Island, along the upper Caribbean…

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Posted in: Galveston, Houston, Juneteenth, Middle Passage, Texas, Transatlantic Slave Trade

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