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Two national Freedom Trains have toured the United States: the 1947–49 special exhibit Freedom Train and the 1975–76 American Freedom Train which celebrated the United States Bicentennial. Each train had its own special red, white and blue paint scheme and its own itinerary and route across the 48 contiguous states, stopping to ...
26. Nov. 2017 · Ted Widmer writes about segregation, the Truman Presidency, and the Freedom Train, a mobile exhibit of Americana that travelled by rail, beginning in 1947.
- Ted Widmer
By U.S. National Archives. The Freedom Train. The Freedom Train was a seven-car train that traveled across the United States from September 1947 until January 1949. It was dedicated to the...
19. Sept. 2017 · The Freedom Train and the Contagion of Liberty, 1947-1949 – Rediscovering Black History. September 19, 2017 by ncurrie, posted in Anniversary, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Protest & Issues, World War II Era. Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher, Senior Archivist at the National Archives at College Park.
Freedom Train. National Archives. The Freedom Train served as an early effort to unite the American people against the threat of communism. Carrying over 130 pieces of U.S. history ranging from documents to flags, the Freedom Train reached 3.5 million people across the United States. During its journey, the Freedom Train stopped in three ...
The Freedom Train included the movement’s iconic mules and wagons to symbolize the injustices of tenant farming, sharecropping, and the plantation economy. During segregation, traveling could be dangerous for African Americans who had few public accommodations to service them.
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is the preeminent cultural learning center for inclusive freedom — locally, nationally and globally. History. 1994. The concept of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center first proposed. 2002. 14,000 attend groundbreaking. 2004. 20,000 attend opening celebration. 2005.
