Dates for Event: February 16, 2012

 A Black History Month Commemorative Event.

"The Sorrow Songs in the Soulsof Black Folk," A Participatory Peformance by Dr. MaryNell Morgan.

6 p.m., Cardinal Lounge, Angell Hall, Plattsburgh State University. 

Sponsored by the North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association and the Center for Diversity,Pluralism and Inclusion.

 Call 518 834 5180 or visit

www.northcountryundergroundrailroad.com for more information.

Free and open to the public.

Appropriate Ages for Event
Open to all.

The Champlain Corridor's Underground Railroad was a part of the abolitionist, anti-slavery movement that later gave rise to the Niagara Movement, founded by W.E.B. Du Bois.    John Brown's anti-slavery leadership and martyrdom also plays a role in the tradition.

Co Sponsored by the North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association and the Center for Diversity, Pluralism and Inclusion at SUNY Plattsburgh.

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