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Category: Underground Railroad

In the News: Black hiker calls on others to join him

June 1, 2025 Ken Johnston

Late last week Frank Thompson and I were interviewed by the CBC about our planned Niagara Falls to Owen Sound…

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Posted in: Media, Media Interview, Ontario, Underground Railroad

Freedom Hikers Wanted

May 23, 2025 Ken Johnston

Are you a long distance thru hiker? Do you enjoy walking with a purpose? If so, join Walk to Freedom…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Canada, Harriet Tubman UGRR Byway, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Owen Sound, Underground Railroad, Walking

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway

May 12, 2025 Ken Johnston

For the past year I have been on an advisory committee for the proposed New York Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad…

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Posted in: Harriet Tubman Byway, Harriet Tubman UGRR Byway, Underground Railroad

Angie Rocha, Community Activist

April 18, 2025 Ken Johnston

On my recent walk in Southwest Texas following the #Southern Road to Freedom, I met Angie Rocha, a recent college…

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Posted in: Call of Ancestors, Freedom, Hidalgo County, Southern Road to Freedom, Underground Railroad

The Spirit World: “I Hear You”

April 12, 2025 Ken Johnston

“I hear you,” I said to myself one recent evening after returning home from walking the dog. I was speaking…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Canada, Emancipation Day, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Owen Sound, Underground Railroad, Walking

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

Barnes on the Block

July 11, 2024 Ken Johnston

It’s that time of year again! Barnes on the Block presented by PNC Arts Alive, and in partnership with Mural Arts Philadelphia,…

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Posted in: Art, Lantern Making Workshop, Philadelphia, Underground Railroad Filed under: Barnes Foundation, Lantern Making Workshop, Philadelphia, Underground Railroad, Walk to Freedom

Walk to Freedom Route: Galveston to Houston

June 17, 2024 Ken Johnston

Our Walk to Freedom journey from Galveston to Houston begins on Galveston Island at the historic Reedy Chapel. Its supposed…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Emancipation National Historic Trail, Galveston, Underground Railroad, Walking

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