“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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 2025-26 state budget contains Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposal to replace Robert Livingston's statue with one of Harriet Tubman in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall. Each state can provide ...

S plantation. Harriet unfolds the incredible tale of Harriet Tubman, a real-life shero who broke free from the shackles of slavery to become a beacon of hope, aiding hundreds in their quest for ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...