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Category: 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

Media Interview on Arrival in Buffalo

September 6, 2022 Ken Johnston

Here’s a very nice story from WGRZ Channel 2 on my arrival in Buffalo today. The interview was recorded in…

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Posted in: Harriet Tubman, Interview, Media Interview, Murals, New York, Underground Railroad

The Norway Spruce Planted in Honor of Harriet Tubman

August 15, 2022 Ken Johnston

In Auburn I was introduced to Judith Bryant, a descendant of Harriet Tubman. As I was very moved by the…

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Posted in: Auburn, Harriet Tubman, Interview, New York, Trees, Underground Railroad, Video

The Third Mrs. Galway & the Utica Rescue

August 7, 2022 Ken Johnston

Deirdre Sinnott is an author, researcher, and activist for social change. She grew up in the region of Utica, New…

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Posted in: Interview, Resistance, Underground Railroad, Utica

Maybee Farm

August 3, 2022 Ken Johnston

On Saturday July 30, I left the Empire State Trail to find the Mabee Farm  about 9/10th of a mile…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Interview, New York

The Milliner of Hudson

July 29, 2022 ken

I was introduced to the very talented, Behida Dolic on Sunday July 24, 2022. She is a hat and dress…

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Posted in: Interview, New York

Kasir Rasul, All Street Global Entertainment

July 28, 2022 Ken Johnston

While accompanying a group of the Underground Railroad Education Center’s summer youth worker’s yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak…

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Posted in: Interview, New York

Persons of Color Cemetery

July 26, 2022 Ken Johnston

When I arrived in Kinderhook on Monday July 25, I met Warren Applegate a volunteer for the “Persons of Color…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Interview, Irish Diaspora

Podcast Interview: Nutritious Movement

July 25, 2022 ken

Katy Bowman is a movement expert whose work I have followed since 2018 when I discovered her book, Move Your…

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Posted in: Art, Interview, Media Interview, Walking

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