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," ...

Meet the woman who repeatedly risked her life and freedom to liberate others from slavery. Go beyond the legend and meet the inspiring woman who repeatedly risked her own life and freedom to liberate ...

When Harriet Tubman died on March 10, 1913 at age 91, the storied abolitionist left the world a legacy of freedom, fearlessness and fierce advocacy for Black people, women and all Americans. She was ...

The 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment raid on rice plantation, Combahee, S.C., alongside Union gunboats and Navy frigate John Adams. (Harper's Weekly, v. VII, no. 340, 1863 July 4, p. 429, now in ...

What did you learn about Harriet Tubman in school? That she ran away from slavery, then risked her own freedom to free others? One sentence, two, if that? A new film, "Harriet," starring Cynthia Erivo ...

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 ...

The average American probably knows the basics of Harriet Tubman's biography — at least, they'd better — but the new biopic, Harriet (out Nov. 1), gives audiences as a closer look at her life after ...

STAMFORD — For Brian Fuller, the 2020 murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police officers was a wake-up call not just about the country’s criminal justice system ...

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 ...

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, ...