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2025 Press Releases
February 3, 2025
Freedom Center elects Robert W. McDonald board chair
January 23, 2025
Freedom Center celebrates Black History Month
2024 Press Releases
November 14, 2024
Harriet Tubman Commemorative Coins are a gift with a purpose
November 12, 2024
Emmett Till exhibition finds ripple of justice in 70-year-old tragedy
November 7, 2024
Reflection on the 2024 Election
November 5, 2024
Statement on the 2024 Election
September 5, 2024
Freedom Center announces Nathaniel R. Jones Freedom Speaker Series
April 19, 2024
Freedom Center announces inaugural Juneteenth Jubilee
February 26, 2024
Percival Everett reimagines Huck Finn’s Jim in newest novel James
February 23, 2024
Freedom Center voted #2 history museum in the country
February 13, 2024
Harriet Tubman to stand as The Beacon of Hope
January 23, 2024
Freedom Center celebrates Black History Month
January 2, 2024
Freedom Center offering free admission on MLK Day
2023 Press Releases
December 7, 2023
Freedom Center seeking object donations to expand collections
November 30, 2023
Freedom Center adds six new board members
November 29, 2023
Freedom Center helps strike first Harriet Tubman Commemorative Coin
September 26, 2023
Freedom Center secures $500,000 national grant
March 30, 2023
Statement on Kentucky SB150
March 7, 2023
New exhibition showcases 1968 campaign against poverty
February 1, 2023
Policy statement on antisemitism
January 16, 2023
Freedom Center nominated one of nation’s top history museums
2022 Press Releases
October 20, 2022
Freedom Center refreshes modern-day slavery exhibit
September 30, 2022
‘Free as they want to be’ examines legacies of slavery and its aftermath
September 1, 2022
Freedom Center celebrates International Underground Railroad Month
June 25, 2022
Statement on the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade
June 14, 2022
Statement on the signing of HB340
March 8, 2022
Statement on Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act
March 4, 2022
Statement on the crisis in Ukraine
March 1, 2022
Freedom Center and LADD launch Freedom Film Series
February 17, 2022
Freedom Center nominated one of nation’s top history museums
February 15, 2022
Freedom Center tells story of nation’s first African American lawyer
January 27, 2022
Concert, lectures headline Black History Month at the Freedom Center
January 6, 2022
Freedom Center offering free admission for MLK Day
Previous Press Releases
September 17, 2021
Statement on Ohio House Bills 322 and 327
August 28, 2021
Statement on Voting Rights
May 25, 2021
Reflecting on a year since the death of George Floyd
May 21, 2021
Freedom Center voted #2 history museum in the nation
April 14, 2021
Statement on the killing of Daunte Wright
January 13, 2021
Statement on the Capitol insurrection January 6, 2021
January 6, 2021
Freedom Center honors legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
December 24, 2020
Statement on the murder of Andre’ Hill
October 27, 2020
Statement on the murder of Walter Wallace, Jr.
September 19, 2020
Statement on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
August 20, 2020
Statement on the homophobic slur used on August 19, 2020
May 30, 2020
Statement on local and national protests
May 27, 2020
Statement on George Floyd
March 18, 2020
Freedom Center expanding online resources during closure
February 5, 2020
Award-winning stage play Anne & Emmett comes to Cincinnati
November 15, 2019
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Welcomes New President
October 11, 2017
Bernard and Shirley Kinsey to Speak at Exhibit Opening Reception
March 20, 2017
MUSE to Perform at Mandela: Journey to Ubuntu Opening
February 17, 2017
Nelson Mandela, John Coltrane and a Cincinnati Evening at The Banks
December 8, 2016
ational Underground Railroad Freedom Center President to Step Down
November 23, 2016
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Denounces Hate Speech
September 2, 2016
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Open to Public On Labor Day
June 23, 2016
The Freedom Film Series Presents Rising Voices July 9
April 12, 2016