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Harriet Tubman’s great-great-great-grandniece is speaking out after the National Park Service downplayed the Underground Railroad on its website Harriet Tubman’s great-great-great-grandniece i ...
Few people have made such a powerful imprint on American history as Harriet Tubman did. A former enslaved person, Tubman became an abolitionist, humanitarian and leader of the Underground Railroad ...
A new statue of abolitionist Harriet Tubman was unveiled in downtown Binghamton on Friday. The statue is part of the Downtown Binghamton Freedom Trail, a series of landmarks representing a person ...
A measure to replace President Andrew Jackson with abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill is being taken up again in Congress. Decade-long effort: Previous attempts to have Tubman ...
Rita Daniels didn't always know she was the great-great-great-grandniece of Harriet Tubman. In fact, a 9-year-old Daniels had no idea they were related when her teacher assigned her a book report ...
Harriet Tubman, a revered abolitionist and the first woman to lead an American military action during wartime was posthumously awarded the rank of brigadier general on Monday. On Veteran’s Day ...
Harriet Tubman, a Black woman widely credited as the first female leader of a combat regiment during the Civil War, was posthumously commissioned as a brigadier general of the Maryland National ...
Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist who helped thousands escape the bonds of enslavement, has been posthumously awarded the rank of general. In a ceremony at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad ...
Abolitionist and Underground Railroad leader Harriet Tubman, the first woman in the U.S. to lead an armed military operation during a war, was posthumously commissioned as a one-star general in ...
A high honor for Maj. Gen. Birckhead: Meet Maj. Gen. Janeen Birckhead, the Maryland honoree for Women of the Year “Harriet Tubman’s military service was defined by her bravery, wit ...
CHURCH CREEK, Md. (AP) — Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was the first woman to oversee an American military action during a time of war, was posthumously awarded the rank of general on ...
The Maryland National Guard and Gov. Wes Moore posthumously commissioned Harriet Tubman as a one-star general in the Maryland Army National Guard on Monday. The ceremony, commemorating her service ...