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Feb 15, 2017 · But one thing uniting them both – and, for that matter, their fellow Imagist, Richard Aldington – is an attraction to underground railway networks as a subject for poetry. Here, Flint conveys the bewildering and relatively modern experience of travelling on the London Underground.
- Railways
The greatest poems about trains and railways selected by Dr...
- Poems About Trains
The greatest poems about trains and railways selected by Dr...
- Poems About Roads
So begins this paean to roads by one of the great English...
- The Imperfect Imagist
In this week’s Dispatches from The Secret Library, Dr Oliver...
- Railways
She helped slaves escape through the Underground Railroad and wrote frequently for anti-slavery newspapers, earning her a reputation as the mother of African American journalism.
Information for the 2024 series of poetry readings to honor Ohio's legacy with the Underground Railroad.
Documentary. "Underground Poets Railroad" is equal parts concert film of performances at universities, churches, fire stations and national monuments across the country; road trip documentary; and, ultimately, a tribute to the 12 black firefighters who gave their lives on September 11.
- Kern Konwiser, Kip Konwiser
- Sekou Andrews, Chuck D, Steve Connell
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- Steve Connell, Kern Konwiser, Kip Konwiser
Sep 1, 2023 · The Underground Railroad was the network used through the mid-19th century by African Americans seeking freedom from enslavement. These freedom seekers were aided in their self-emancipation by individuals—both Black and White and even Native American—offering food, safe resting places, money, goods, and assistance with travel.
Joshua McCarter Simpson was a well-known abolitionist songwriter, herbal physician, and Underground Railroad conductor. Subversive in his use of familiar tunes, Simpson created a “double voicing” in songs of emancipation that included an antislavery rendition of “America.”
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May 4, 2020 · We persuaded London Underground to post a few poems on its trains, to the delight of bemused commuters. London Underground has supported the programme ever since, enabling us to offer the best poetry of all times and places to six million daily travellers on London’s Underground system.
