The courage, strength and legacy of abolitionists Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass will be on full display this month. Two separate PBS documentaries, co-produced by Maryland Public Television ...

She was the first great Black civil rights activist,” Pauline Copes Johnson said about her great-great-great grandaunt ...

In 1863, abolitionist Harriet Tubman guided a raid that liberated nearly 760 enslaved people working on rice plantations along the Combahee River, near Beaufort, South Carolina. Dr. Edda Fields-Black, ...

I went to Cayuga County to dig deeper into the legacy of Harriet Tubman, the woman who has always been one of my greatest ...

Harriet Tubman has been the subject of operas, multiple movies and two U.S. postage stamps, and now efforts are underway to designate a 500-mile stretch of New York State in her honor. The Harriet ...

In the spring of last year, I traveled down to Green Pond, S.C., where I grew up, to hear a historian talk about her new book. I don’t usually make three-hour drives for history lectures, but the ...

The effort to feature Tubman on the redesigned $20 bill is still ongoing, with a new note expected to be issued in 2030. The U.S. Mint has unveiled a series of commemorative coins honoring the iconic ...

Welcome to this week’s newsletter! Ivy Harrington, the new Miss New Jersey USA 2025, discusses personal loss, pandemic setbacks, and multiple failed attempts before winning the title on April 6. The ...