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Historians and activists say its important to protect sites like the Harriet Tubman visitor center, which tell stories of many pasts.
In 1863, abolitionist Harriet Tubman guided a raid that liberated nearly 760 enslaved people working on rice plantations ...
After a memorial service was held at Fort Hill Cemetery in honor of the iconic abolitionist, she was the subject of a tribute ...
Discover Jabari Jefferson's 'Sacred Spaces' solo exhibition at the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum. A tribute to African ...
Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War.” For her work in history, Fields-Black accounted with firsthand records on how Tubman led what Fields-Black ...
Artifacts and exhibits related to the enslavement of Black people and the Civil Rights movement have been removed from NMAAHC ...
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 ...
Material history, including at places such as Nottoway, has messages for people studying Black history.
Dr. Edda Fields-Black, who recently won the Pulitzer Prize for history in recognition for her book, "Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid and Black Freedom during the Civil War," opened ...
Harriet Tubman photographed in 1877, 14 years after the Combahee River Raid. Carnegie Mellon University history professor Edda Fields-Black won the Pulitzer Prize in history this week for her ...
Harriet Tubman statue (Photo by Christal Jordan ... Graduate Nurses,” the first comprehensive documentation of Black nursing history, ensuring these contributions would not be erased.