National Park Service removes photo of Harriet Tubman
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Following criticism over the removal of Harriet Tubman’s name and image from its Underground Railroad webpage, the National Park Service (NPS) says the changes were made "without approval from the age...
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The National Park Service rewrote — then restored — the Underground Railroad story and reposted a deleted photo of abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
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A spokesperson for the National Park Service told CNN that changes to the page had been made “without approval” from the agency’s leadership, and that the old version was “immediately restored.”
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The National Park Service on Monday returned an image of and quote from Harriet Tubman to a webpage about the Underground Railroad, following backlash after her presence on the page was ...
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WBAL, TV 11 NEWS. HARRIET TUBMAN’S HISTORY AS AN ABOLITIONIST IS WELL KNOWN. HER MILITARY PAST, THOUGH, HAS BEEN IN SOME WAYS LOST TO HISTORY. DURING THE CIVIL WAR, TUBMAN WAS A MEMBER OF THE ...