Pink Palace exhibit follows trail of Underground Railroad

By , Daily Memphian Updated: May 11, 2021 10:30 PM CT | Published: May 10, 2021 4:00 AM CT
<strong>Elaine Turner, director of the Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum, visited the Pink Palace exhibit &ldquo;Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad.&rdquo; &ldquo;This work lets us know that there is still more research that needs to be done to uncover this marvelous story, and these really are marvelous stories of bravery, persistence and resilience.&rdquo;</strong> (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)

Elaine Turner, director of the Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum, visited the Pink Palace exhibit “Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad.” “This work lets us know that there is still more research that needs to be done to uncover this marvelous story, and these really are marvelous stories of bravery, persistence and resilience.” (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)

The pictures in “Through Darkness,” on view at the Museum of Science & History - Pink Palace, document locations that served as stops along the Underground Railroad.

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Rob Moore covers North Mississippi for The Daily Memphian. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English from The University of Memphis.