Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black artist Alvin Pettit's winning sculpture of Harriet Tubman (above), titled "A Higher Power: The Call of a Freedom Fighter," ...

We all think we know the Harriet Tubman story. The “Moses of her people,” Tubman née Araminta “Minty” Ross was born enslaved on Maryland’s Eastern Shore around 1822. From a young age her enslavers ...

Stephen Towns, "Wade in the Water" (2020), natural and synthetic fabric, polyester and cotton thread, crystal glass beads (photo courtesy the Gibbes Museum of Art; all other photos Megan ...

On Feb. 1, 2014, Google featured freedom fighter, activist, and abolitionist Harriet Tubman as a Doodle illustration on its homepage. But where was her gun? Although a singular image couldn’t capture ...

EXPLAINS. L LISA: HARRIET TUBMAN WAS NEDAM A RMINTA ROSS AT BIRTH. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF HER ENTRANCE INTO THE WORLD AND HER ENSLAVERS BIBLE. NO MENTION OF HER BIRTH IN HIS LETTERS. AND THERE WAS ...

Few people have made such a powerful imprint on American history as Harriet Tubman did. A former enslaved person, Tubman became an abolitionist, humanitarian and leader of the Underground Railroad, ...