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Media Interview: Lurie Daniel Favors – Urban View Show

January 7, 2023 Ken Johnston

Shortly before Christmas I was interviewed by Lurie Daniel Favors on SiriusXM’s Urban View channel 126. Ms. Favors is a…

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Posted in: Media Interview, New York, Walking

Remembering Nana Harriet’s Rescue

December 26, 2022 Ken Johnston

Last Saturday, December 24, 2022, five brave souls rendezvoused with Linda Harris and I in Preston, Maryland, on the grounds…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Eastern Shore, Maryland, Harriet Tubman, Resistance, Underground Railroad, Walking

Descendant: Saladin Allah

December 21, 2022 Ken Johnston

Of the many amazing people I met during my 2022 walk to Canada, Saladin Allah, was one of the more…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Canada, Interview, Josiah Henson, Underground Railroad, Video

Walk to Freedom Playlist

December 18, 2022 Ken Johnston

My Spotify, Juneteenth Walk to Freedom, playlist is an electic soup pot of music with  different flavors pureed together to…

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Posted in: Freedom, Music

Timeline of Ken Johnston’s Civil Rights Walks

December 16, 2022 Ken Johnston

Walk to Freedom “Walking for the preservation of our civil rights” Chronology of Ken Johnston’s Civil Rights Walks 2022 7/2022…

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Posted in: Christiana Resistance, Eastern Shore, Maryland, MLK50th, Northern Ireland, Puerto Rico, Underground Railroad, Walking

3rd Annual Walk with Harriet

December 13, 2022 Ken Johnston

This Christmas Eve join the friends of Walk to Freedom and the Harriet Tubman Museum and Education Center for a…

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Posted in: Eastern Shore, Maryland, Harriet Tubman, Lanterns, Resistance, Walking

Scenes of Subjection

December 11, 2022 Ken Johnston

I recently started reading Saidiya Hartman’s Scenes of Subjection which is being celebrated today in some academic circles 25 years…

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Posted in: Book, Interview, Philadelphia

News article: The Philadelphia Citizen

December 2, 2022 Ken Johnston

Citizen of the Week: Ken Johnston

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Mississippi John Hurt “You Got to Walk that Lonesome Valley”

November 3, 2022 Ken Johnston

Recently I came across a Twitter post of someone remembering the late, great, Mississippi John Hurt singing “You Got to…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Walking

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Commissions the Sandy Ground, Staten Island Ferry Named for New York’s First Free Black Community

November 2, 2022 Ken Johnston

I missed this Black History Month news item earlier this year and I felt it was important to share it.…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Maritime Underground Railroad, New York, Underground Railroad

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