Norfolk State University

[ 21 March 2009; 8:30 am to 6:00 pm. ] Sponsored by the National Park Service, Norfolk State University, and the City of Norfolk, the “Waterways to Freedom: The Underground Railroad Journey from Hampton Roads, Virginia,” symposium will include scholars (whose publications have focused on the Underground Railroad), a tour of local Underground Railroad sites, a pamphlet highlighting facts and lesson plans about the local Underground Railroad network, and a preview of a film on the Underground Railroad in the Dismal Swamp.