Song Yet Sung Online Resources

The Author

• James McBride (http://www.jamesmcbride.com/)

Underground Railroad

• Underground Railroad Flight to Freedom (http://www.the-ugrr.org/)
  Interactive website that allows the user to make his/her own way through the Underground Railroad, based on the choices made along the way.
• National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (http://freedomcenter.org/underground-railroad)
  Provides history of the Underground Railroad and information about slavery in the 21st century.
• Underground Railroad Links ( http://www.google.com/Top/Society/History/By_Time_Period/Nineteenth_Century/Underground_Railroad/)
  Many links to various topics related to the Underground Railroad.
• National Underground Railroad: Network to Freedom (http://www.nps.gov/history/ugrr/list.htm)
  Lists locations of Underground Railroad stations by state.
• Underground Railroad (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad)
  Very user-friendly interactive site, featuring great photos of slaves, tools and more.
• Library of Congress American Memory -- Voices From the Days of Slavery (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/)
  Former slaves tell their stories in their own voices, including audio interviews and songs.

Underground Railroad in Michigan

• The Michigan Underground Railroad (http://www.albion.edu/library/JAT/summary.htm)
  Overview of the role Michigan played in the success of the Underground Railroad.
• Michigan Freedom Trail Commission (http://www.michigan.gov/freedomtrail)
  Describes the state government's act to protect the history of the Underground Railroad.
• Michigan Historical Center ( http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/timetraveler/ugrr/atmuseum.html)
  Explains which items displayed at the Michigan Historical Museum relate to the Underground Railroad and slavery; includes a link for a teacher's guide.

Quilting Sites

• African American Quilt Collection (http://museum.msu.edu/glqc/collections_special_aa.html)
  The history of acquiring the African American collection at MSU, with live links to photographs of quilts in the collection.
• Owen Sound's Black History (http://blackhistory.owensound.ca/quilts.php)
  The history of the quilt code theory - why some believe it exists, the necessity of having a code, and evidence for it.

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