American money had been backed by gold and silver since 1789. Throughout the years ... counted among their vast property and possessions more than 300 human beings. Harriet Tubman was a leader on the ...

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 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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

American currency as we know it today has been in circulation since 1792. Founding Fathers, past presidents, and a selection ...

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 ...

Los Angeles - Campaigners urged US President Barack Obama on Tuesday to put anti-slavery icon Harriet Tubman on the country's $20 bill ... At the moment, US dollar bills are very white and very male.

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 ...

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 ...