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As I considered my “Voices” topic for May’s WUN, my thoughts turned immediately to my mother, Bessie L. Walker Roberts. “Miss ...
Black women have long been at the forefront of history, breaking barriers, pioneering movements and shaping the world.
For the rest of his life, John Lewis bore a scar on his forehead from the police beating he endured during the 1965 civil ...
While Trachtenberg began her career with bit roles on Clarissa Explains It All, Law & Order and All My Children, it was Harriet the Spy that marked her film debut. Based on the book of the same ...
I remember a raucous discussion among several guys in my eighth grade history class about a woman we were reading about named Harriet Tubman ... She also became a Union Army spy, scout and ...
His towering bronze statue, Harriet Tubman – The Beacon of Hope, is a tribute to Tubman’s fight for freedom and human dignity. Award-winning sculptor Wesley Wofford created Harriet Tubman ...
But taking Harriet Tubman off the Underground Railroad page on the National Parks Service website is enough to make my blood boil. And the excuse that it was basically an accident is about as ...
WASHINGTON -- A National Park Service webpage about the Underground Railroad has been restored to its original state months after it was changed to remove abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman from ...