The Underground Railroad is the symbolic term associated to the railway routes connecting even to countries like Canada and Mexico for freeing the enslaved Black Americans by free Blacks, Whites, Native Americans and other slaves who worked as conductors of the train aided in freeing the other slaves also. These routes still go by the name of National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in commemoration of this freedom movement.

This route links some of the major underground stations that act as a national outreach program depicting the historical significance of America are research centers, Underground Railroad sites, university library collections and museums involved in underground railroad and slavery era, historic preservation through national underground railroad freedom center.

The Freedom Center organizes a number of tours for adults, seniors and children as school tours, summer camp tours and group tours. The center has a gift shop that sells souvenirs reminding these historic moments, and this month has featured gift being Freedom Center logo Cufflinks with black and yellow enameled in simple silver embellished ornament. There is also a refreshment center, North Star Cafe, where you can get your lunch including sandwiches, soups, salads, fresh fruits, soft drinks, bottled water, coffee and hot cocoa, all available in reduced prices.

Some of the popular exhibits in this Freedom Center are permanent exhibits like brothers of the borderland by Boeing Company, The slave pen by the Otto M Budig Family Foundation, Escape! By the American Express Company, AT & T and Luxottica Retail, From Slavery to Freedom by the Oprah Winfrey Foundation and The Struggle Continues by Coco-cola Company.

Cincinnati is home for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. This is a major American learning center offering a wide array of opportunities to educators, general population and the youngsters in particular, an opportunity to learn about and reflect on issues concerning social injustice. The Underground Railroad itself represents a co-operative movement that was established by slaves to espouse their cause.

Exhibits at the center focus on various facets of social injustice, Racism, Education and rights. Interactive experiences, programs, campaigns and family oriented research are provided by the center with the objective of educating the modern day population on the travails faced by the American people before independence.

The center organizes a number of events at periodical intervals. While some of these are entertainment events for the young and the young at heart, many of the events are also socially relevant in the modern day society. "Quilting and your family" "Masters of American Jazz" are some of the examples. The following web links will help you learn more about the center and its mission.

Learn more about the Freedom Center

http://www.freedomcenter.org/expand-your-knowledge/

Events at the Freedom Center

http://www.freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/events/

Exhibits at the Freedom Center

http://www.freedomcenter.org/visit-the-center/exhibits/

The website of the center has a dedicated section for educators with a range of opportunities and resources for exchanging experiences. The interactive programs offered through this section helps students improve their thinking skills, and make better use of the freedom related resources that already exist on the internet.

The center also encourages the teaching community to share lesson plans on the Underground Railroad itself, slavery, and freedom and diversity. The web resources below are useful in acquiring more information about the center:

Education initiatives at the Freedom Center

http://www.comminit.com/en/node/118795/307

International freedom conductor award

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n23_v94/ai_21256437/