*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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black artist Alvin Pettit's winning sculpture of Harriet Tubman (above), titled "A Higher Power: The Call of a Freedom Fighter," ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new book describes little-known facts about Harriet Tubman, including her legacy as a spy. Considering she will soon adorn ...

While today we celebrate Harriet Tubman as one of the greatest foes of slavery, her final years were not spent in the comfort or even with the full recognition that she deserved. She spent 25 years ...

Tubman’s work didn’t end with the Underground Railroad. As a nurse in the Union Army and a spy against the Confederacy, she continued to fight for freedom. William H. Johnson based his portrait of ...

Guidelines for the art contest, sponsored by the group Freedom 250, include material about abolitionists and civil rights leaders, but little mention of what they fought against. By Jennifer ...

CHURCH CREEK, MD ‒ Deanna Mitchell pointed to the bronze bust of Harriet Tubman at the center's entrance and urged visitors to touch the nape of its neck to feel the scars. The bust, she explained, ...

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, ...

Considering she will soon adorn America’s $20 bill, Harriet Tubman hardly lacks in national significance. But even the nation’s most celebrated historic figures can remain elusive and unknown. A new ...