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Written by and starring Leslie McCurdy, “The Spirit of Harriet Tubman” is a one-woman play based on the life of 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, according to a news release. Following the graveside service, a Tubman tribute program will be held from 10:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Auburn High School ...
“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 ...
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 ...
Experts said the move, which did not offer explicit guidance to hospitals, could discourage doctors from performing emergency ...
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 ...
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 ...
She and elder siblings Margaret and Tom attended Warroad High School where dad was a music teacher and superintendent of schools. After graduation, Harriet devoted more than 20 years to her higher ...