Community Outreach Program

布法罗、尼亚加拉大瀑布、它们的郊区和周边乡村的历史经验和文化环境对WNYC(2)中心的使命和拟议的社区外展计划的背景非常重要。在19世纪50年代和南北战争时期，WNY是废奴运动的主要旅程点，是帮助前奴隶逃到加拿大的地下铁路的最后一站。随着航运业和工业革命的发展，布法罗在20世纪之交成为人均百万富翁最多的城市。二战期间和战后

The historical experiences and cultural environment of the cities of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, their suburbs and the surrounding rural counties is important to the context of the mission of the WNYC(2) Center and proposed Community Outreach Program. Puring the 1850's and Civil War era, WNY was a major journey point in the abolitionist movement serving as final American stops on the Underground Railroad for assisting former slaves to escape into Canada. Then with the growth of shipping and the industrial revolution, Buffalo became the home of the most millionaires per capita at the turn of the 20th century. Puring World War II and post-war boom, more African Americans from southern states moved into Buffalo for industrial jobs and then became the predominate subgroup on the Eastside creating a movement of the previous European ethnic groups from urban Buffalo into other parts of Erie and surrounding counties. These historical waves of migration resulted in what has been characterized as the