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“I think Harriet Tubman is fantastic, but I would love to leave Andrew Jackson or see if we can maybe come up with another denomination.” In 2020, then-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said a ...
The annual three-day Harriet Tubman Pilgrimage will feature a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, the former director of the U.S. Mint and an acclaimed author and professor. The pilgrimage will begin ...
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 ...
The first event of the three-day Harriet Tubman Pilgrimage has been moved to a new location. Karen Hill, president and CEO of the Harriet Tubman Home, told The Citizen an event with Edda Fields ...
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 ...
Harriet Tubman’s face on the $20 bill appears to be in limbo. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said swapping President Andrew Jackson for Tubman, a move green lighted by Jack Lew, Treasury ...
One of our nations greatest heroes, Harriet Tubman led slaves north to freedom via secret paths and waterways, but her skills also made her a valuable military asset to the Union Army. The Truth ...
Archaeologists with the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced the discovery of significant artifacts at the site of Ben Ross’ home, where Harriet Tubman’s father lived and ...
Head Start says it's the second oldest mural in the city. The other mural honors Harriet Tubman, the Cotton Club, and the Alberta Streetcar. And taking the photographs turned out to be good timing.
Obviously thrilled to put one over on their noisy neighbours, the Sox put an image of their now most-famous fan ... need of some divine intervention, “God’s team”. [ Dave Hannigan: Life ...
The internet is full of claims about words famous figures spoke or wrote on their deathbeds — not all of them accurate. Evon, Dan. "Was a Mars Rover's Final Message to NASA 'My Battery Is Low ...