Few people have made such a powerful imprint on American history as Harriet Tubman did. A former enslaved person, Tubman became an abolitionist, humanitarian and leader of the Underground Railroad, ...

Tiya Miles’s Night Flyer is a landmark biography of one of 19th-century America’s most important figures. Harriet Tubman in 1868 or 1869. Every American seems to know the name and even story of ...

Months before embarking on a journey to eventually become the most renowned “conductor” of the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman sought divine intervention. It was the winter of 1848-49, historian ...

On Feb. 1, 2014, Google featured freedom fighter, activist, and abolitionist Harriet Tubman as a Doodle illustration on its homepage. But where was her gun? Although a singular image couldn’t capture ...

WASHINGTON — Harriet Tubman etched her place in history while traversing long distances and guiding runaway slaves to freedom. But historians also credit the Maryland native as being the first female ...

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. You can call ...

*As time passes, the details of our great African American historical figures begin to feel more like legends than concrete facts. At the beginning of this Women’s History Month in 2024, and as March ...

Rita Daniels didn't always know she was the great-great-great-grandniece of Harriet Tubman. In fact, a 9-year-old Daniels had no idea they were related when her teacher assigned her a book report on ...

Phantom Power — a podcast that dives deep into the world of sound to ask provocative questions that resonate across the human experience — celebrates Black History Month with “The Sound World of ...