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The National Parks Service has reversed course and restored references of celebrated abolitionist Harriet Tubman to its webpage about the Underground Railroad.
From The Post and Courier
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.”
From The New York Times
A comparison on internet archive Wayback Machine from January 8, 2025 and March 19 show Tubman's portrait and quote were removed and replaced with a collage of stamps with civil rights leaders, inclu...
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A measure to replace President Andrew Jackson with abolitionist Harriet ... Tubman, a free Black man, in 1844 — escaped to Philadelphia on Sep. 17, 1849. But her journey to freedom did not stop ...
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