*As time passes, the details of our great African American historical figures begin to feel more like legends than concrete facts. At the beginning of this Women’s History Month in 2024, and as March ...

Harriet Tubman, a Marylander known for freeing slaves, was also a veteran. Disguised as a farm hand or an old woman, she ...

You haven't seen Harriet Tubman like this. In the new film “Harriet,” in theaters Friday, expect a young, fiery depiction of the American icon, who escaped slavery only to return to the South ...

Powerful. Emotionally riveting. Applause inducing. Harriet has brought in the crowds for its opening weekend — only a mere 107 years after her death. “Hero” seems like too small of a word for a woman ...

After escaping slavery herself in 1849, Harriet Tubman freed 70 others as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. She also served as a Union spy during the Civil War and advocated for women's ...

History is not what happened in the past. I have hammered this problematic point home to my students for decades. History is not the revelation of past times, as if we were looking at God’s home ...

A new monument honoring abolitionist Harriet Tubman was unveiled in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday, replacing a long-standing statue of Christopher Columbus. The monument — named "Shadow of a Face"— ...

Snopes readers asked for verification of controversial comments by music artist Kanye West in which he appeared to disrespect renowned abolitionist Harriet Tubman at a political event in South ...

The page had been edited to remove material about the antislavery leader. Other government pages have been changed or deleted amid efforts to scrub references to diversity and inclusion. By Sara ...

A new debit card from the nation's largest black-owned bank with an image of Harriet Tubman throwing a gesture that bears striking resemblance to one from the movie "Black Panther" drew criticism and ...

The performer known as Bob the Drag Queen is no stranger to pushing boundaries, whether through his hilarious antics that scored him the crown on the eighth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race or through his ...