There is an exciting new addition on display at the National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington, ...

The Trump administration invited visitors to report “negative” perspectives on American history. Visitors have been using the ...

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers pitcher Ryan Birchard was a fifth-round draft pick by the Milwaukee Brewers in 2023.

Thomas Jefferson, steeped in Enlightenment philosophy, wrote that we have the unalienable rights to life, liberty and the ...

While it is true "Harriet Tubman" wasn't her birth name, she was in fact a real person. According to records from Maryland State Government, Tubman was legally born with the name Araminta Ross ...

She later adopted her mother’s first name, Harriet. When she was around 5 years old, Tubman was forced to work as a nursemaid and later as a field hand, cook and woodcutter.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Bob the Drag Queen about his new book, "Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert," in which Tubman returns to life and wants to use hip-hop to spread her message.

On Veterans Day, Maryland honored Harriet Tubman in an extraordinary way: posthumously commissioning her as a brigadier general in the Maryland National Guard. The ceremony, held at the Harriet ...

A crowd gathered at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park in Maryland, for a ceremony to honor Tubman's legacy and officially commission her as a one-star general.

Tubman ultimately led about 70 people to freedom and instructed another 70 on how to seek freedom independently. When the Civil War broke out, Tubman volunteered as a cook and medic.

Tubman was also a spy, scout nurse and cook with the military, WJZ reported. She gave the Union Army intelligence about the Confederate supply lines, locations and missions.