Underground Railroad
noun
variants
or less commonly Underground Railway
: a system of cooperation among active antislavery people in the U.S. before 1863 by which people escaping enslavement were secretly helped to reach the North or Canada
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The Negro Motorist Green Book, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 E. Freedom Way, Downtown.
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Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2024
Related Stories Aaron Pierre (The Underground Railroad) plays Terry, the ex-Marine being run down.
—Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024
Whitehead followed that book up with The Nickel Boys in 2019, and like Underground Railroad, won a Pulitzer Prize for it.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2024
On TV, Smith has appeared in Barry Jenkins’ Amazon series The Underground Railroad, and HBO’s The Deuce and High Maintenance.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2024
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Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2024
Related Stories Aaron Pierre (The Underground Railroad) plays Terry, the ex-Marine being run down.
—Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024
Whitehead followed that book up with The Nickel Boys in 2019, and like Underground Railroad, won a Pulitzer Prize for it.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2024
On TV, Smith has appeared in Barry Jenkins’ Amazon series The Underground Railroad, and HBO’s The Deuce and High Maintenance.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2024
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