Photos: This St. Paul summer camp teaches on race, history
It was wet, dirty and frightening for some. But students said they learned lasting lessons from historical characters portrayed along the path, including Harriet Tubman, Quaker abolitionist Lucretia Mott and others who helped slaves escape to freedom.
Caroline Yang for MPR News
Some St. Paul middle-schoolers took on a different kind of summer challenge recently, learning about leadership and racial equity as they got an up-close look at history.
Students with the youth leadership group Dare 2 Be Real took a nighttime trip through the woods for a simulation of the Underground Railroad, the early 1800s network of safe houses and routes that guided slaves to free states and Canada.
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