photo by Jeff MillerThis week the second of four segments of Biking Through Black History, WPXI-TV's 2007 special on the creation of Adventure Cycling's Underground Railroad Bicycle Route (UGRR).
In this second 6-minute segment, WPXI looks at a few of the cyclists who were preparing to ride in the 2007 inaugural tour on the UGRR. Dr. Stephen Thomas, director of the Center for Minority Health (CMH), talks about the significance of tracing a route that thousands of freedom seekers, including Harriet Tubman, once traveled. Ginny Sullivan, Adventure Cycling's new routes coordinator, paints a picture of the route's historical landmarks and natural beauty, and Dr. Mario Browne, CMH's project director, discusses how his desire to connect personally to the route's history inspired him to participate.
Watch the second segment of Biking Through Black History.
The 2,008-mile Underground Railroad Bicycle Route memorializes the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses by which freedom seekers attempted to escape slavery before and during the Civil War. The route passes points of interest and historic sites from Mobile, Alabama, to Owen Sound, Ontario.
Adventure Cycling sell maps for the route and offers a great set of resource pages on its website to help cyclists learn more and plan a tour on the UGRR. This year Adventure Cycling is also running the Heart of the Underground Railroad guided tour on the Ohio section of the route.
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News, Networking, and New Media is written by Winona Sorensen, Adventure Cycling's media director, and appears weekly, highlighting cool media (articles, videos, photos, etc.) related to Adventure Cycling and bicycle travel.
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