Della Moore, cofounder and director of the African American Center for Cultural Development in Olean, N.Y., will present a program this month at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford about Sarah Johnson, a formerly enslaved women who became a regional icon after the Civil War.

The presentation, which is sponsored by the Friends of Hanley Library, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, in the Mukaiyama University Room in the Frame-Westerberg Commons. The event, part of Black History Month, is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

During the presentation, Moore will tell the story of Johnson and the struggles she faced, the regional and local Underground Railroad members who guided her to safety, and the icon she became after the Civil War.

Moore is active in the Olean community and holds degrees from Alfred State College, St. Bonaventure University and Temple University. She has taught at Jamestown Community College and at Julius Nyerere University of Kankan in Guinea.

In 2021, she was honored as the New York State Senate Woman of Distinction for her efforts to preserve the history of African Americans and more than four decades of community leadership and volunteerism.