Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum
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Leesa Payton Jones shares the history of the Underground Railroad in North Carolina.
The Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum is recognized by the National Park Service as a part of the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. This Black-owned museum aims to educate North Carolinians and elevate the Black leaders of yesterday by retelling their history today. In this video, watch museum curator Leesa Payton Jones as she shares the history of the Underground Railroad.
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Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum
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The Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum is recognized by the National Park Service as a part of the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. This Black-owned museum aims to educate North Carolinians and elevate the Black leaders of yesterday by retelling their history today. In this video, watch museum curator Leesa Payton Jones as she shares the history of the Underground Railroad.
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- My name is Leesa Payton Jones.
I am the co-founder and curator of the Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum.
Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum is actually a living library.
When you go into a regular library, there are lots of books that you can read, but here at the Underground Railroad, we become the stories of the people that you would actually read in books.
What we do, we showcase the lives of Freedom Seekers trying to self emancipate.
It's important to share the work with this community, because the Underground Railroad was truly a community of people helping people.
These stories are so important to tell, and they become a part of our community today.
When we understand how we can work together to make life better for someone else, we are replicating the legacy, the history of the Underground Railroad.
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