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HFVS Underground Railroad Episode (Podcast/Radio Show)

This week on the Hilltown Family Variety Show we are rebroadcasting our Underground Railroad Episode featuring songs like “Freedom Train,” “Follow the Drinking Gourd,” Wade in the Water,” and many other great songs. We’re also featuring resources to assist educators and families wanting to learn more about the Underground Railroad in American history….

Category: Entertainment, Family, Hilltown Family Variety Show, Homeschooling, music, podcast, Reading Lists, Video Tags: abolitionists, civil rights, Freedom Train, Harriet Tubman, Henry Brown, Nelly Grey, podcast, slavery, the Underground Railroad, Underground Railroad, Underground Railroad Studies

Sojourner Truth Memorial: American and Western MA History

Families can learn about African-American abolitionist and women’s rights activist, Sojourner Truth’s, important role in American history (as well as local history) and the details of her life in Florence by utilizing the many resources offered by the Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue Committee, including a walking tours, curriculum, self guided tour & downloadable map…

Category: Community Based Education, Hampshire County, History Tags: abolitionist, Isabella Baumfree, slavery, Sojourner Truth, unerground railroad, women's rights activist

Underground Railroad History & Quiz

Underground Railroad Quiz Listen to the HFVS Podcast Before Taking Lloyd Miller from the Deedle Deedle Dees writes: Our friends at the Hilltown Family Variety Show (HFVS) put together a special program all about the Underground Railroad. Our songs “Underground Railroad” and “Henry Box Brown” are on it. So are great versions of traditional songs by Taj Mahal and Bill Harley, a story read by Morgan Freeman and much more. Listen to… Read More

Category: History, Homeschooling, podcast Tags: abolitionists, African American History, American History, Black History, Black History Month, civil rights, Deedle Deedle Dees, Harriet Tubman, Henry Brown, History, Nelly Grey, podcast, Quiz, slavery, Underground Railroad

Museums to Join Public Reading of Frederick Douglass Speech

Springfield Museums to Join Public Reading of Frederick Douglass Speech Wednesday, June 30th at Noon The Springfield Museums are participating in a communal reading of Frederick Douglass’s fiery 1852 speech, “The Meaning of the Fourth of July to the Negro.” The shared reading will take place at noon on June 30th in Court Square in Springfield and will be followed by a discussion at First Church. On July 5, 1852, Douglass, a… Read More

Category: History, Homeschooling, Springfield, Springfield Museum, Suggested Activity Tags: abolitionists, American History, Frederick Douglass, History, Homeschooling, Massachusetts, Pioneer Valley, slavery, Springfield, Springfield Museum, western massachusetts

HFVS Underground Railroad Episode (Podcast/Radio Show)

Listen to Podcast: Hilltown Family Variety Show Underground Railroad Episode Saturday from 9-10am Originally airing on January 23rd, 2010 WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio Northampton, MA New Podcasts ♦ Archived Podcasts ♦ Subscribe to Podcast Radio ♦ Facebook ♦ Twitter PLAYLIST The Deedle Deedle Dees – “Underground Railroad” [Freedom in a Box!] Mountain Heart – “Gospel Train” [Road that Never End] Kim & Reggie Harris – “Harriet Tubman / Steal… Read More