Paul and Mary
Liz Stewart, co-founders of Underground Railroad History Project will address
the Albany Roundtable luncheon on Wednesday, February 11 at the National
Register-listed University Club, 141 Washington Avenue at Dove Street in
Albany.
The Stewarts
will present A New Interpretation of an Old Story: the Underground Railroad, Its Relevance for Today, and Its Relationship with Underground Railroad History Project, which will focus on African American leadership, civil disobedience and
documentation of the real Underground Railroad Movement of the antebellum
period, its relevance for today, and its relationship to the work of Underground
Railroad History Project of the Capital Region, Inc.
Since its
incorporation in 2003, Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital
Region, Inc. promotes and encourages knowledge and understanding of the
Underground Railroad Movement and its genesis and legacy in the Capital Region
and in New York State, and as a significant element of the history of the
United States; encourages historical research on the Underground Railroad
Movement in the Capital Region, in New York, and in the United States; gathers,
preserves, displays, and makes available for study artifacts, relics, books,
manuscripts, papers, photographs, and other records and materials relating to
the history of the Underground Railroad Movement in the Capital Region and New
York State; and places the Underground Railroad movement in its proper context
as the first civil rights movement, and as part of the ongoing struggle for
equity, freedom, and justice.
The cost for
the luncheon is $20. The Roundtable also offers its guests the option of paying
in advance with a credit card at www.albanyroundtable.com or paying at the
door. The University Club will serve a hot and cold buffet from 12:00 noon to
1:00 p.m., with the program commencing at 12:30. Reservations for the February
11 luncheon are required by Monday, February 9 and may be made by prepaying
online, by calling 518-431-1400 (the Albany Colonie Regional Chamber of
Commerce) or by sending an e-mail to albanyroundtable@yahoo.com