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 ...

A retiring Civil War reenactor stages a provocative final performance amid escalating attempts to obscure the realities of American history. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or ...

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," ...

Harriet Tubman’s NJ story, from Cape May roots to Newark’s tribute in bronze. Explore Harriet Tubman’s deep ties to New Jersey—from her time in Cape May, where she lived and prepared for daring ...

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 ...

CHURCH CREEK, Md. — Harriet Tubman, like most Black women of her era and many Black women today, was often dismissed, underestimated and ignored. That’s what made her such an effective spy and scout.

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, ...