Harriet Tubman is an American figure whose story is so incredible, it's still almost hard to believe that it's true. After escaping slavery, she made numerous trips to save those still enslaved. The ...

Keep an eye out for “Harriet,” a biopic on the famed 19th-century abolitionist Harriet Tubman, which will be filming in central Virginia starting Monday through early December. “Harriet” is the first ...

The courage, strength and legacy of abolitionists Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass will be on full display this month. Two separate PBS documentaries, co-produced by Maryland Public Television ...

Gov. Ralph Northam announced today that the Focus Features production, Harriet, will film in Central Virginia this fall. It will be the first feature-length film to tell the story of heroic ...

Harriet Tubman’s contributions to racial progress and to the world as a whole cannot be overstated. A similar sentiment can be made when speaking about Kasi Lemmons’ contributions to film. So when you ...

A Black gay couple is cultivating land Harriet Tubman used to help liberate Black people. A Black gay married couple is exploring Harriet Tubman’s connections to Maryland and cultivating the land she ...

On April 20th the Treasury Department announced that Harriet Tubman would replace Andrew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill, making her the first woman in more than a century to grace a U.S. bill.

*Sen. Charles Schumer is asking HBO to film its movie about abolitionist Harriet Tubman at the historic site of her former home in central New York. The Post-Standard of Syracuse reports that the New ...

Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass are the latest subjects of a filmmaker long-engaged in telling the contributions and challenges of African Americans. Two new PBS documentaries focus on the ...

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