Community Outreach Program

水牛城、尼亚加拉瀑布、它们的郊区和周边农村县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联计划的背景很重要。在1850年S和南北战争时期，威斯康星州是废奴主义运动的主要旅程点，作为美国地下铁路的最后一站，帮助以前的奴隶逃往加拿大。然后，随着航运和工业革命的发展，布法罗在20世纪初成为人均百万富翁最多的地方。第二次世界大战和战后 繁荣时期，更多来自南部各州的非洲裔美国人搬到布法罗从事工业工作，然后成为东区占主导地位的亚群体，导致之前的欧洲种族群体从布法罗城市转移到伊利的其他地区和周围的县。这些历史性的移民浪潮导致了被描述为

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