Community Outreach Program

布法罗、尼亚加拉福尔斯、其郊区和周围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展方案的背景很重要。在19世纪50年代和内战时期，WNY是废奴主义运动的一个主要旅程点，是美国地下铁路的最后一站，帮助前奴隶逃往加拿大。随着航运业的发展和工业革命，布法罗在世纪之交成为人均百万富翁最多的地方。第二次世界大战和战后 随着经济繁荣，更多的非洲裔美国人从南部各州搬到布法罗寻找工业工作，然后成为东部占主导地位的亚群体，从而使以前的欧洲种族群体从城市布法罗迁移到伊利的其他地区和周围的县。这些历史上的移民浪潮导致了被称为

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