Tag: Harriet Tubman
Listing of More Than 100 African Americans Emblazoned on U.S. Postage...
Compiled by The Birmingham Times
For more than a century, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) stamps have paid homage to people who have left their...
Social justice takes center stage during panel at 2021 Birmingham Freedom...
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
As the city of Birmingham observes its 150th anniversary and many important milestones since its founding, Social Justice In America...
Harriett Tubman, MLK Jr., Frederick Douglass Quotes to Celebrate Juneteenth
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President Joe Biden signed legislation Thursday establishing a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery, saying he believes it will go down as...
Harriet Tubman goes solo on ‘Underground’ special episode
By Frazier Moore
AP Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Harriet Tubman, who escaped from slavery in the antebellum South to become a leading abolitionist, is...
Album with rare 1860s Harriet Tubman photo sells for $161K
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - An album containing a rare photograph of 19th century abolitionist and Underground Railroad hero Harriet Tubman was sold Thursday...
Visitor center honoring Harriet Tubman opening in Maryland
The Associated Press
A new visitor center honoring Harriet Tubman opens this weekend in Maryland, where Tubman was born a slave and later became a...
Bill would bring Harriet Tubman statue to US Capitol Building
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Maryland's U.S. senators are sponsoring legislation to bring a statue of Harriet Tubman to the U.S. Capitol Building.
The Maryland General...
