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Category: Interview

Lesa Walker introduces the Soloman Levi Earll and Sarah Ann (Woods) Earll Family

September 11, 2025 Ken Johnston

As I continue to process some of the large amount of data from my recent visit to Owen Sound, one…

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Posted in: Book, Canada, Emancipation Day, Family photograph, Interview, Owen Sound, Underground Railroad

Fifth Gen. Canadian Descendant Tracy Lee Johnson Talks About “And Then What Happened…”

September 8, 2025 Ken Johnston

And Then What Happened… That’s the question I asked myself in September 2022, after reaching the Canadian border following a…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Canada, Descendant, Freedom, Interview

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

April 11, 2025 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

Walking to put the Movement back in the civil rights movement

December 24, 2023 Ken Johnston

As I prepare to embark on my journey tomorrow to the Eastern Shore to commemorate the 169th anniversary of Harriet…

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Posted in: Caroline County, Christmas Eve, Commemoration, Eastern Shore, Maryland, Harriet Tubman, Interview, Media Interview, Underground Railroad, Walking

Finding Success in Frederick, Md: BK Juices

May 29, 2023 Ken Johnston

Cheyenne Bauld is a small Black business owner in Frederick, Maryland. I learned about BK Juices, at 343 N. Market…

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Posted in: Food, Interview

Leroy Copeland, Growing Up in Frederick, MD

May 27, 2023 Ken Johnston

After walking into Frederick, Maryland on Friday May 19, 2023 from Jefferson, I wanted to talk to residents of the…

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Posted in: Frederick, Interview

Melinda Day, Park Ranger, Harpers Ferry National Park Service

May 26, 2023 Ken Johnston

Melinda Day has worked for the National Park Service for over 30 years and is a subject expert on John…

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Posted in: Harpers Ferry, Interview

Growing up around Storer College

Ken Johnston

Prior to my visit to Harpers Ferry, I contacted the Storer College Alumni Association to arrange a meeting with someone…

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Posted in: Harpers Ferry, Interview

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

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

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