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US Postal Service to release Underground Railroad stamps this week in Maryland ceremony
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe U.S. Postal Service is honoring 10 leaders from the Underground Railroad on new Forever stamps,...
Muskrats, eagles, marsh: This tribal chief sees climate crisis threaten East Coast culture
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDORCHESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND — The dream catcher’s feathers swayed forward as Donna Abbott’s truck...
Harriet Tubman's quest for liberty or death through Delaware
Delmarva Now | The Daily Times via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAraminta “Minty” Ross. was born around 1822 to enslaved parents in Dorchester County, Maryland....
US Mint releases commemorative coins to honor abolitionist hero Harriet Tubman
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe U.S. Mint began selling coins to commemorate Harriet Tubman on Thursday, ten years after former...
Democrat for Florida governor dismisses manager over arrest
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFlorida gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist’s campaign manager has left his position after being charged in a domestic violence case. Austin Durrer was charged Tuesday with misdemeanor assault ...
US Mint releases coins honoring Harriet Tubman
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe coins include $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins and half-dollar coins to commemorate the bicentennial of her birth. This is the first time the US Mint...
Civil rights groups push to rename Baltimore bridge because of namesake's links to slavery
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 month agoCivil rights groups have voted to petition Maryland's government to rename the Francis Scott Key...
Titans of freedom: PBS documentaries look at Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 4—The best thing about Nicole London's job is she has the opportunity to learn something new each day. The director, producer and co-writer of "Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom" had the ...
Reparations: Where slavery's descendants stand
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 11 months ago* To read Part 1 of the Reuters series, Slavery’s Descendants: America’s Family Secret, click here By Tom Lasseter, Donna Bryson and Lawrence Delevingne June 27 (Reuters) - Bills introduced ...