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There is an exciting new addition on display at the National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington, ...
Not to mention Harriet Tubman will begin gracing the $20 bill in 2020. Now, just in time for Black History Month, a never-before-seen photo of Harriet Tubman has surfaced.
Harriet Tubman Foundation President Bessie Bordenave, a 1962 graduate of the Harriet Tubman School, speaks at Saturday’s ribbon cutting ceremony. The building opened in 1949 as Howard County’s ...
Harriet Tubman; a hitherto unknown carte-de-visite in the Emily Howland photograph album, 1868 or 1869. Library of Congress "Floradora goose" at the 41st Annual Poultry Show, Madison Square Garden ...
The Harriet Tubman Home in Auburn - where Tubman lived after escaping slavery in Maryland until her death in 1913 - is hoping to bring the photo home, said the museum's Executive Director Karen Hill.
Harriet Tubman, left, with slaves she freed during the Civil War, circa 1885. The New York Times Harriet Tubman, circa 1895. National Park Service Harriet Tubman in 1911. Library of ...
An anonymous donor is helping Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park keep a traveling statue of Harriet Tubman through the end of ...
Last March, a rare photo of legendary abolitionist Harriet Tubman was unearthed and sold at auction for $161,000 to “an American institution.” Now, we know who acquired the extraordinary image.
A photograph of a young Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist hero of the Underground Railroad, has been acquired by the Library of Congress and the recently opened National Museum of African American ...
A rare photo of famed Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman has found a home, just in time for Women's History Month. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and ...
Portrait of Harriet Tubman (1822-1913) taken circa 1868 or 1869 by Benjamin F. Powelson. This image had been owned by Emily Howland and is the earliest known photo of the abolitionist.
Think of Harriet Tubman and you’re likely to picture an old woman in a kerchief, seated and somber, a mental image drawn from the handful of formal photos taken near the end of the abolitionist ...