Karen Hill attended the ceremony in 2023 when the U.S. Navy announced it would name a John Lewis-class oiler in honor of Harriet Tubman.

There is a long history of Juneteenth, including the Juneteenth flag, but to sum things up: Juneteenth celebrates the ...

Material history, including at places such as Nottoway, has messages for people studying Black history.

If you’ve been on the lookout for some truly inspiring reads for the young girls (and boys) in your life, you’ve come to ...

As part of its "warrior ethos," the Pentagon has ordered the Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, named after the pioneering gay rights icon.

Famed abolitionist and activist Harriet Tubman, the former slave who helped ferry dozens to freedom along the Underground Railroad, would replace former President Andrew Jackson on the front of ...

Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid and Black Freedom during the Civil War," will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St. The event was scheduled to be ...

“Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War” (Oxford University Press) tells the story of the Union Army’s June 1863 raid on Confederate ...

Harriet Tubman, as Bob the Drag Queen notes, has become a national icon. Her exploits in liberating her fellow slaves, her extraordinary effectiveness as an intelligence agent for the Union army, and ...

Carnegie Mellon University professor Edda Fields-Black provided an introduction to her lecture about Harriet Tubman's role in the 1863 Combahee River raid, a secret military mission against ...

David Edwards has spent over a decade reporting on social justice, human rights and politics for Raw Story. He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and ...

Edda Fields-Black won the prize for her book 'COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War.' Edda Fields-Black was announced as the winner of a Pulitzer ...