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"It is such an extraordinary story and historical document," Fields-Black said. "It is extremely rare to know an enslaved ...
Armed with a list of questions on a legal pad and a tape recorder, Edda Fields-Black and her older sister went from house to ...
Edda Fields-Black wanted to make her historical account of a Union Army raid led by Harriet Tubman on southern plantations and rice fields as authentic as ...
Historians and activists say its important to protect sites like the Harriet Tubman visitor center, which tell stories of ...
New York is beginning the process of replacing one of its statues in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall with one of Harriet Tubman.
The Department of History's Edda Fields-Black has been named a recipient of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for her research on Harriet Tubman.
Edda Fields-Black is still processing the fact that she was awarded a 2025 Pulitzer Prize. “It’s just beginning to set in. It ...