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<itunes:summary>NCPR provides locally-produced news stories from around the Adirondack and North Country regions of New York State, as well as Western Vermont, and Ontario and Quebec in Canada.</itunes:summary>
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<title>Hearing historic voices of freedom, again, through song</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21966/20130510/hearing-historic-voices-of-freedom-again-through-song</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (May 10, 2013) New music will be performed tonight and tomorrow in Saranac Lake and North Elba as part of the John Brown Day events.    Voices of Timbuctoo is a new work based on the Adirondack settlement of Black farmers in the mid-1800&apos;s designed to secure voting rights.  Abolitionist Gerrit Smith gave away 120,000 acres of his land, beginning in 1846, hoping the Adirondack wilderness would offer refuge to black families. Voices of Timbuctoo, is an oratorio written by western New York composer Glenn McClure.   It&apos;s part of what he calls a Musical Freedom Trail. Some of his other works written to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation have been performed in Alabama, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and later this month in Rochester.  McClure says his research for the oratorio included reading through diaries, letters and documents featuring the words of Gerrit Smith, John Brown, and the individuals who worked on the land that Smith had provided.  McClure told Todd Moe that these texts illustrate hope and promise. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21966/20130510/hearing-historic-voices-of-freedom-again-through-song">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Todd Moe</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[New music will be performed tonight and tomorrow in Saranac Lake and North Elba as part of the John Brown Day events.    Voices of Timbuctoo is a new work based on the Adirondack settlement of Black farmers in the mid-1800&apos;s designed to secure voting rights.  Abolitionist Gerrit Smith gave away 120,000 acres of his land, beginning in 1846, hoping the Adirondack wilderness would offer refuge to black families. Voices of Timbuctoo, is an oratorio written by western New York composer Glenn McClure.   It&apos;s part of what he calls a Musical Freedom Trail. Some of his other works written to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation have been performed in Alabama, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and later this month in Rochester.  McClure says his research for the oratorio included reading through diaries, letters and documents featuring the words of Gerrit Smith, John Brown, and the individuals who worked on the land that Smith had provided.  McClure told Todd Moe that these texts illustrate hope and promise. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21966/20130510/hearing-historic-voices-of-freedom-again-through-song">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<title>Preview: Freedom Then, Freedom Now: The Long History of Emancipation</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20982/20121129/preview-freedom-then-freedom-now-the-long-history-of-emancipation</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 29, 2012) Frederick Douglass&apos; great-great-great grandson will be the one of the speakers at this weekend&apos;s &quot;Freedom Then, Freedom Now: The Long History of Emancipation&quot; event in Lake Placid and Saranac Lake.   The Friday/Saturday program for students, teachers and the public celebrates the 150th anniversary of Lincoln&apos;s Emancipation Proclamation.   Presented by John Brown Lives! and  North Country Community College, the event will feature a film, lectures, a new portrait of abolitionist John Brown and music.  Todd Moe spoke with Ken Morris, founder and president of the Frederick Douglas Family Foundation, a service learning organization that works to create a modern abolitionist movement in schools across the country.  Morris is also the great-great grandson of Booker T. Washington. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20982/20121129/preview-freedom-then-freedom-now-the-long-history-of-emancipation">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Todd Moe</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frederick Douglass&apos; great-great-great grandson will be the one of the speakers at this weekend&apos;s &quot;Freedom Then, Freedom Now: The Long History of Emancipation&quot; event in Lake Placid and Saranac Lake.   The Friday/Saturday program for students, teachers and the public celebrates the 150th anniversary of Lincoln&apos;s Emancipation Proclamation.   Presented by John Brown Lives! and  North Country Community College, the event will feature a film, lectures, a new portrait of abolitionist John Brown and music.  Todd Moe spoke with Ken Morris, founder and president of the Frederick Douglas Family Foundation, a service learning organization that works to create a modern abolitionist movement in schools across the country.  Morris is also the great-great grandson of Booker T. Washington. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20982/20121129/preview-freedom-then-freedom-now-the-long-history-of-emancipation">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>08:57</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>history, emancipation, slavery, adirondacks, john brown, frederick douglass, topstory, photolead, [loc:44.2794911 -73.9798713]</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Preview: &quot;Fatal Promises&quot; at SUNY Potsdam</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20777/20121031/preview-quot-fatal-promises-quot-at-suny-potsdam</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 31, 2012) Fighting for the abolition of modern day slavery is the subject of a new film that will be show at SUNY-Potsdam Thursday afternoon.  Filmmaker Kat Rohrer will show and discuss her latest documentary, Fatal Promises.   The film contains interviews with U.S. State Department, Congress, law enforcement officials and experts involved in the so-called war against human trafficking and modern day slavery, such as activist Gloria Steinem and actor Emma Thompson.Kat Rohrer spoke with Todd Moe about her film, which she hopes will give a voice to modern day slaves. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20777/20121031/preview-quot-fatal-promises-quot-at-suny-potsdam">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Todd Moe</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Fighting for the abolition of modern day slavery is the subject of a new film that will be show at SUNY-Potsdam Thursday afternoon.  Filmmaker Kat Rohrer will show and discuss her latest documentary, Fatal Promises.   The film contains interviews with U.S. State Department, Congress, law enforcement officials and experts involved in the so-called war against human trafficking and modern day slavery, such as activist Gloria Steinem and actor Emma Thompson.Kat Rohrer spoke with Todd Moe about her film, which she hopes will give a voice to modern day slaves. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20777/20121031/preview-quot-fatal-promises-quot-at-suny-potsdam">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>08:43</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>slavery, human trafficking, rohrer, suny potsdam, [loc:44.6697805 -74.9813084], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>A modern abolitionist remembers a famous ancestor</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19766/20120502/a-modern-abolitionist-remembers-a-famous-ancestor</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (May 2, 2012) Frederick Douglass&apos; great-great-great grandson will be the keynote speaker at the annual John Brown Day celebration this Saturday at the historic John Brown Farm in Lake Placid. Ken Morris will talk about the friendship and legacy of Douglass and fellow abolitionist John Brown. The two first met in Massachusetts in 1848, a decade after Douglass escaped from slavery on a Maryland plantation.  Ken Morris is founder and president  of the Frederick Douglas Family Foundation, a service learning organization that works to create a modern abolitionist movement in schools across the country.  Morris is also the great-great grandson of Booker T. Washington. Before dedicating his career to social issues, Morris managed a successful marketing and entertainment firm. But he told Todd Moe that he spent his teen years, &quot;decisively disengaged from his family lineage.&quot; [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19766/20120502/a-modern-abolitionist-remembers-a-famous-ancestor">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Todd Moe</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frederick Douglass&apos; great-great-great grandson will be the keynote speaker at the annual John Brown Day celebration this Saturday at the historic John Brown Farm in Lake Placid. Ken Morris will talk about the friendship and legacy of Douglass and fellow abolitionist John Brown. The two first met in Massachusetts in 1848, a decade after Douglass escaped from slavery on a Maryland plantation.  Ken Morris is founder and president  of the Frederick Douglas Family Foundation, a service learning organization that works to create a modern abolitionist movement in schools across the country.  Morris is also the great-great grandson of Booker T. Washington. Before dedicating his career to social issues, Morris managed a successful marketing and entertainment firm. But he told Todd Moe that he spent his teen years, &quot;decisively disengaged from his family lineage.&quot; [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19766/20120502/a-modern-abolitionist-remembers-a-famous-ancestor">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>10:47</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, frederick douglass, john brown, abolition, slavery, history, lake placid, [loc:44.2794911 -73.9798713], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Remembering an Underground Railroad icon</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19716/20120424/remembering-an-underground-railroad-icon</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 24, 2012) Todd Moe talks with Syracuse University historian Milton Sernett, an expert on African American history. He’ll give two talks in Canton on Thursday on Harriet Tubman, and the Underground Railroad in northern New York. Todd talks with him about how Tubman became the dominant symbol of the Underground Railroad  and is still an inspiration today for many Americans. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19716/20120424/remembering-an-underground-railroad-icon">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Todd Moe</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Todd Moe talks with Syracuse University historian Milton Sernett, an expert on African American history. He’ll give two talks in Canton on Thursday on Harriet Tubman, and the Underground Railroad in northern New York. Todd talks with him about how Tubman became the dominant symbol of the Underground Railroad  and is still an inspiration today for many Americans. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19716/20120424/remembering-an-underground-railroad-icon">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>11:29</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>history, civil war, slavery, abolition, underground railroad, tubman, auburn, canton, [loc:44.5956163 -75.1690942], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Exploring New York&apos;s slave legacy, past and present</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16773/20101203/exploring-new-york-apos-s-slave-legacy-past-and-present</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 3, 2010) This morning in Lake Placid, teachers and historians and activists begin a two-day conference to talk about slavery.  New Yorkers played a big role in the slave trade in the 18th and 19th centuries, financing and profiting from an industry that ruined the lives of more than 12 million Africans.  Slave-owning wasn’t banned in this state until 1827.  Modern-day activists say human trafficking and exploitation is once again on the rise. Martha Swan is with a group called John Brown Lives.  She told Brian Mann that this conference, which is open to the public, will explore the history and present-day reality of slavery. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16773/20101203/exploring-new-york-apos-s-slave-legacy-past-and-present">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This morning in Lake Placid, teachers and historians and activists begin a two-day conference to talk about slavery.  New Yorkers played a big role in the slave trade in the 18th and 19th centuries, financing and profiting from an industry that ruined the lives of more than 12 million Africans.  Slave-owning wasn’t banned in this state until 1827.  Modern-day activists say human trafficking and exploitation is once again on the rise. Martha Swan is with a group called John Brown Lives.  She told Brian Mann that this conference, which is open to the public, will explore the history and present-day reality of slavery. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16773/20101203/exploring-new-york-apos-s-slave-legacy-past-and-present">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>03:27</itunes:duration>
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