Channeling Harriet Tubman 
(Spirit Drumz)

A Radio Story 
& Photo Essay 
by Lonny Shavelson
(aired on CJSF, British Columbia; 
WAMC/Northeast Public Radio "51%"; 
WYSO, Ohio; and American-FM) 

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"The Underground Railroad carried slaves to freedom before the Civil War.  
The best known conductor was Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery herself 
and guided hundreds more to freedom.  
Journalist Lonny Shavelson revisits the story of Harriet Tubman, 
in Oakland, California."

Photographs of the Oakland Underground

Afia Walking Tree at a drum session in Oakland's Underground

Link to additional radio stories by Lonny Shavelson

Link to Lonny Shavelson's web site: www.photowords.com