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For a brief — and deeply unsettling — moment, the National Park Service’s official website treated Harriet Tubman like a footnote ... of people of color. The Department of Defense recently ...
From The Washington Post: For years, a National Park Service webpage introduced the Underground Railroad with a large photograph of its most famous “conductor,” Harriet Tubman. “The ...
“We have dozens of pages about Harriet Tubman celebrating and memorializing her impressive role in American history,” the spokesperson said. “The idea that a couple web edits somehow ...
But, the NPS pushed back against criticism over the move. “We have dozens of pages about Harriet Tubman celebrating and memorializing her impressive role in American history,” an NPS ...
Both of those pages were quickly restored when the deletions drew public outcry. When the Harriet Tubman edits first came to light, NPS officials acknowledged the changes but denied any intention ...