List of Navy vessels to possibly be renamed includes Thurgood Marshall and Harriet Tubman - both who have ties to historic ...

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.

The Trump administration is weighing the removal of the names of civil rights leaders and Black pioneers from U.S. naval ...

Trump has taken multiple actions since taking office to end federal diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

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

Maryland itself has a mixed history when it comes to slavery, the Civil War and the treatment of African Americans. The state hosts the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, connecting ...

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 ...

That includes the iconic “Battle of Cedar Creek,” painted by Vermonter and Civil War veteran Julian Scott. Scott is known for his realistic artwork showing the psychological anguish and ...

FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY IN DES MOINES. GLENDALE CEMETERY. THE REMAINS OF 15 UNION CIVIL WAR VETERANS RESTED IN UNMARKED GRAVES, UNMARKED UNTIL TODAY. KCCI’S KAYLA JAMES SHARES THE EFFORTS TO ...

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 ...

War is boring as hell in “The Damned,” an austere western drama set far from the battlefields on the 1862 frontier. It seeks not to tell a story but to capture a set of feelings. None of them ...

Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War." It shares the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for History. "Combee" is the first comprehensive account of the successful ...