Explore Harriet Tubman's legacy as a freedom fighter. ... However, she gave several speeches during her later years about fighting for equal rights.

Harriet Tubman didn’t give many interviews in her lifetime, ... her use of racial slurs and her awkward attempts to re-create the speech patterns of a Black woman raised enslaved in Maryland.

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 ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Bob the Drag Queen about his new book, "Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert," in which Tubman returns to life and wants to use hip-hop to spread her message.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore speaks during a commemoration ceremony for Harriet Tubman in honor of her military service at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park and Visitor Center in ...

Viola Davis quotes Harriet Tubman during powerful Emmys acceptance speech. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Viola Davis made history on Sunday by becoming the first black woman to win an Emmy for best drama ...

Nov. 12 (UPI) --Harriet Tubman, a former slave and revered abolitionist who fought as a Union spy during the American Civil War, was posthumously awarded the rank of brigadier general of the ...

Harriet Tubman, a revered abolitionist and the first woman to lead an American military action during wartime was posthumously awarded the rank of brigadier general on Monday.On Veteran’s Day, a ...

Born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland, around 1822 as Araminta "Minty" Ross, Tubman — she married John Tubman, a free Black man, in 1844 — escaped to Philadelphia on Sep. 17, 1849.

Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist who helped thousands escape the bonds of enslavement, has been posthumously awarded the rank of general. In a ceremony at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad ...