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| Section of the ARCS of Freedom Exhibit at the LeMoyne House |
In
conjunction with Black History Month 2025, the Washington County Historical
Society partnered with The NAACP Washington Branch and The LeMoyne Community
Center to present a day long symposium titled “ARCS of Freedom” along with a
related exhibit.
The
symposium included five speakers who addressed the audience on the subject of
the role SW Pa. played in activities of the Underground Railroad.
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| Part of the Exhibit |
The first speaker, was Samuel W. Black, director of the
Heinz History Center’s African American Program, speaking on the topic of “Martin
Delany: A Voice in the Plight of Freedom and Nationhood.”
Dr. Cory James Young, assistant professor of
history at the University of Iowa’s talk was titled “New Findings in Western
Pennsylvania’s County Enslavement Registrations.”
Before
lunch, Dr, Lucien Holness, assistant professor of history at Penn State University,
gave an address on “Race and the Flight Over Freedom: Belonging and Citizenship
in SW Pa.”
The final two speakers were Marlene Bransom, author, historian and president of AAHGS Pittsburgh delivering an address titled Nasa McCurdy, A Freed Mulatto Slave from Greene County, Pa: His Descendants and Their Amazing Legacy.”
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| An Exhibit Visitor |
The
symposium concluded with a talk by retired professor of history at Washington
and Jefferson College and author of the award-winning book “Abandoned Tracks”
speaking on “Revisiting the Underground Railroad: A Look backward.”
Following
the symposium, attendees were invited to see the new exhibit “Arcs of Freedom” on
display across the street at the LeMoyne House, the home of the Washington
County Historical Society, 49 East Maiden Street in Washington. For more information,
phone (724) 225-6740 or www.wchspa.org.
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