(RNS) — A new movie about a faithful little girl, oil and Oklahoma shares seldom-heard Black history.

On a recent Friday afternoon, I was standing in the center of Woodmere Art Museum’s Charles Knox Hall, at the “Soul, Sound, ...

A portrait of Harriet Tubman (ca. 1820-1913). Tubman, herself an escaped slave, helped hundreds of slaves escape the South by means of the Underground Railroad. She nursed Union troops during the ...

The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historic Park is the “must go” trip to add to your travel agenda. The Tubman site originally opened in March 2017, in Church Creek, Md. through a ...

For over 50 years, Tubman called New York’s Finger Lakes region home, a place where she lived, worked, worshiped, and continued her fight for freedom. New York is commemorating the legacy of freedom ...

A new historical marker honoring Harriet Tubman was unveiled in Maryland on September 17, 2025. The updated sign corrects inaccuracies about Tubman's birthplace and the number of people she freed.

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 ...

CAMBRIDGE, Md. - On the 176th anniversary of her first attempt to escape slavery, Harriet Tubman’s descendants joined state and local leaders Wednesday afternoon to unveil a new historical marker ...

CAMBRIDGE, Md. - The Maryland Department of Transportation, Dorchester County, and the Harriet Tubman Freedom Center, will hold an unveiling of a new Harriet Tubman Historical Marker in Dorchester ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — As the New Haven Museum celebrates the Connecticut Freedom Trail throughout September, University of Connecticut professor Deirdre Cooper Owens discusses her studies of ...

Harriet Tubman’s NJ story, from Cape May roots to Newark’s tribute in bronze. Explore Harriet Tubman’s deep ties to New Jersey—from her time in Cape May, where she lived and prepared for daring ...