Black History
Harriet Tubman: Three Portraits
Harriet Tubman: 3 Portraits focuses on the significance of this abolitionist leader of the Underground Railroad
Jeanne Gehret
March 10, 2023
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Susan B. Anthony Family Blog
Black History
Famous Black Woman Spurned by Racist
Susan B. Anthony Champions Ida B. Wells In 1895, Susan B. Anthony went out for the day instructing her (white) stenographer to help her guest,
Jeanne Gehret
March 22, 2022
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Black History
Mary Bowser, Confederate White House Spy
Even now, it’s hard to get a clear description of Mary Bowser, who greatly aided the North by spying on the Confederate White House during
Jeanne Gehret
March 15, 2022
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Black History
One More River to Cross at Underground Railroad Heritage Area
When fleeing slaves from the southern U.S. reached Niagara Falls, they knew they had one more river to cross. But what a river it was
Jeanne Gehret
May 16, 2018
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Black History
New Underground Railroad Exhibit at Niagara Falls
A whole new source of information on the Underground Railroad is opening next weekend in Niagara Falls, starting May 4. I’m excited because it will
Jeanne Gehret
April 28, 2018
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Black History
Agitators Prevailed
The story of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass packed a full house tonight, the opening of “The Agitators.” Rochester’s famous reformers really showed their
Jeanne Gehret
October 18, 2017
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Black History
Vineyard Woman with Nerves of Steel
Today’s heroine for Women’s History Month is Beulah Vanderhoop of Martha’s Vineyard, a maritime conductor on the Underground Railroad in the 1850s. She had the
Jeanne Gehret
March 16, 2017
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Black History
When Free Speech isn’t Free
It almost cost Frederick Douglass his home to publish his newspaper in the Talman Building in Rochester, pictured here; and Harriet Jacobs, an author who
Jeanne Gehret
February 23, 2017
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Black History
Abolition Families Join Forces in Rochester, NY
In 1847, two prominent abolition families became neighbors when Frederick Douglass settled in Rochester, NY near the Anthonys. There, he began publishing his abolitionist paper
Jeanne Gehret
February 16, 2017
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Black History
Black history month: Harriet Jacobs
I’m still processing, both mentally and photographically, what I saw this week at the Talman Building in Rochester, NY. But as we celebrate Black History
Jeanne Gehret
February 10, 2017
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