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Harriet Tubman led a raid that freed more than 700 enslaved people. A South Carolina church has...
ABC17 NEWS· 4 days agoHarriet Tubman led the secret operation, alongside more than 100 Black Union soldiers – making her the first woman in US history to lead a major military ...
Teens with Ignite Foundation help Harriet Tubman Charter School in Algiers for Juneteenth
WGNO via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOver at Harriet Tubman Charter School in Algiers, a mentoring program called the Ignite Foundation...
How Harriet Tubman relied on nature to bring the enslaved to freedom
Washington Post· 6 days agoCopyright (C) 2024 by Tiya Miles. Of all the abolitionist praise collected and printed as...
Martin Short’s Jiminy Glick Roasts Bill Maher to His Face
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoFor any fans of Martin Short’s long-running character Jiminy Glick, you’re in luck: the problematic...
Harriet Tubman statue makes a stop in Bastrop
KVUE-TV Austin· 2 days agoOutside the Kerr Community Center in Bastrop now sits a statue of Harriet Tubman, the great abolitionist who helped established the Underground Railroad...
Sculptor of monument on SC Statehouse grounds reflects on his view from space
South Carolina Daily Gazette via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoEd Dwight, one of six passengers on Blue Origins’ seventh manned flight into space, feared for a...
Bastrop, Texas Unveils Majestic Harriet Tubman Statue for Juneteenth Celebrations
Hoodline· 2 days agoIn a tribute to the end of slavery and to honor Juneteenth, Bastrop, Texas, welcomes a significant...
Juneteenth events 2024: Where to go to celebrate the holiday over the weekend
WSB Radio· 7 days agoJune 19, also called Juneteenth National Independence Day, is an American holiday celebrating the...
Bastrop's Juneteenth Celebration features parade, sculpture unveiling and more
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 5 days agoBastrop's Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday features, parade, Harriet Tubman sculpture unveiling and more.
Juneteenth 2024 in NYC: What to do this Emancipation Day
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoOn Juneteenth, New York City continues to offer a wide array of events to commemorate June 19, 1865 — the day U.S. Army soldiers brought news of emancipation to enslaved Black people in Galveston ...