She stood just five feet tall, weighed barely a hundred pounds, and navigated hundreds of miles of wilderness — alone, at ...

“I had reasoned this out in my mind; there was one of two things I had the right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.” — Harriet Tubman Although the exact date of her ...

The Harriet Tubman Spirit Awards honored local leaders March 21 at the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum in Annapolis during a two-part program that also featured an artist discussion on history, memory ...

A contest is underway to select the quote that will appear on the soon-to-be-installed Harriet Tubman statue in Center City. In February, Philadelphia officials released an open call asking for an ...

They can shake off those winter doldrums by hunting for Easter eggs, running the bases at Brooklyn Cyclones’ ballpark or gliding down Slide Hill on Governors Island.

NEW YORK — The Schenectady County Legislature is the latest body being asked to support the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, a 550-mile project set to stretch from Manhattan to Niagara Falls ...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WBNG) -- The Harriet Tubman Center for Freedom and Equity at Binghamton University marked Harriet Tubman Day with a community event featuring a descendant of the historical figure.

Few figures in American history have the legacy of Harriet Tubman. Her life has come to represent courage, faith, and an unwavering commitment to freedom. Born into slavery in the early nineteenth ...

Harriet Tubman, the enslaved woman-turned-renowned abolitionist, had a number of ties to South Carolina and a legacy that goes on in the Palmetto State. Here are but a few, including several ...

Today, we honor the indomitable life and legacy of Harriet Tubman, the fearless freedom fighter, whose courage and sacrifice liberated scores of men and women from the chains of bondage and left an ...

Maryland historians plan to begin excavations later this summer at a remote Eastern Shore site they believe could shed new light on Jacob Jackson, a free Black farmer who helped Harriet Tubman’s ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - On Friday, the ARISE ensemble sang to children at Spaght Elementary School in Wichita. ARISE stands for African Americans Renewing Interest in Spirituals Ensemble. The ...