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Written by and starring Leslie McCurdy, “The Spirit of Harriet Tubman” is a one-woman play based on the life of the ...
In 1863, abolitionist Harriet Tubman guided a raid that liberated nearly 760 enslaved people working on rice plantations ...
Harriet Tubman escaped slavery and became a conductor of the Underground Railroad, leading around 13 missions to free over 70 ...
It tells the true story of Harriet Tubman’s role in a famous Civil War raid that destroyed rice plantations and freed hundreds of slaves in South Carolina. In a statement announcing the award ...
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 ...
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 ...
CHURCH CREEK, MD ‒ Deanna Mitchell pointed to the bronze bust of Harriet ... Tubman, along with Japanese interned in World War II and nearly forgotten Mexican farmworkers. But several historians ...
Carnegie Mellon University professor Edda Fields-Black provided an introduction to her lecture about Harriet Tubman's role in ... other during the American Civil War and to describe the roles ...
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 ...
Her 2024 book, “Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War,” was named a Pulitzer Prize winner in history. It’s described as “a richly-textured ...
Women have been serving in the military, officially or unofficially, since the Revolutionary War. Queen Elizabeth II was a military truck driver during World War II. "Golden Girl" Bea Arthur was ...