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*“ Harriet,” which will open in theaters this Friday, November 1, and is directed by Kasi Lemmons and stars British actress Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman, tells the powerful story of the Underground Railroad Conductor, abolitionist and former slave. In 1849, when she was known as Araminta (Minty) Ross and faced with being sold […]

*“ Harriet” A powerful new movie about Harriet Tubman premieres this Friday, Nov. 1. Bring the kids! It is totally worth the overpriced dry popcorn. It will make you mad, leave you in tears and spoiler alert, the last battle scene will have you up on your feet. Believe it or not, this is […]

Karen Jones Meadows as Harriet Tubman. Photo by Gerry Goodstein. *It requires genuine compassion to walk in another person’s shoes and profound empathy to act on these emotions and help carry another’s load. In “Harriet’s Return: Based Upon the Legendary Life of Harriet Tubman,” writer and performer Karen Jones Meadows demonstrates these qualities in […]

[…] begin to feel more like legends than concrete facts. At the beginning of this Women’s History Month in 2024, and as March marks the 201st year since Harriet Tubman was presumably born, California Black Media (CBM) honors this monumental figure by sharing 10 little-known facts about her life. Harriet was not her birth name. […]

 *Soon after the first trailer dropped for the Harriet Tubman biopic, many within the Black Twitterverse made clear that they’re not feeling the casting of the lead actress in the film. Tubman, an abolitionist who freed hundreds of slaves, is being portrayed by Nigerian-born British actress Cynthia Erivo, who has been accused of […]

*(CNN) — The US Mint released commemorative coins honoring abolitionist  Harriet Tubman Thursday. The coins include $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins and half-dollar coins that commemorate the bicentennial of her birth. This is the first time the US Mint has honored Tubman with coins, according to the agency. “​We all owe Harriet Tubman a huge […]

Sandra Evers-Manly,President of BHERC champions the cause of the movie Harriett by hosting 1000 students for a free screening. *(Los Angeles, CA) – On Thursday November 22nd 2019,  200 diverse students from Dorsey High School exchanged their classrooms for the Cinemark Baldwin Hills Theater, by attending a special screening hosted by the Black Hollywood […]

[…] Francisco, California. (Source: Getty Images North America) *Acclaimed filmmaker Stanley Nelson is set to debut two new documentaries on PBS next month, “Becoming Frederick Douglass” and “ Harriet Tubman: Visions Of Freedom”. Nelson (Attica, Freedom Riders, Murder of Emmett Till) teamed with Nicole London on both projects to “provide a fresh perspective and new […]

Leslie Odom, Jr. and Cynthia Erivo at the Essex House Hotel in NY. (MMoore Photo) *“ Harriet” is this year’s “Black Panther” but with a real-life superhero, Harriet Tubman. She single-handedly rescued 70 slaves after escaping from the plantation. The deeply religious Tubman aka Mosses then went back to rescue over 700 more. EUR […]

*Inquiring minds want to know the name of the studio executive who wanted to cast Julia Roberts play Harriet Tubman in the latest feature about the famed abolitionist. Screenwriter Gregory Allen Howard explained in a Q&A published by Focus Features that he had been trying to get the “Harriet” movie made for quite a […]

*For a while now there’s been talk about a Harriet Tubman film project. Well, the trailer for “Harriet,” the biopic on the historic figure was released earlier today. “Harriet,” directed by Kasi Lemmons, tells the true story of abolitionist’s escape from slavery and her many missions back to the South to help free other […]

*Attention Dr. Boyce Watkins and other “ Harriet” haters, this is an open letter to you! This film was under calls for a boycott prior to the release because of Comcast’s involvement with the film and the company’s current Supreme Court case involving the Civil Rights act of 1866. There was also the controversial […]

[…] The African American Critics Association (AAFCA) and the family of legendary director Stanley Kramer announced that the women behind Focus Features’ most recent box office hit film, “ Harriet,” will receive this year’s AAFCA Stanley Kramer Award for Social Justice. The first-ever big-screen film on the iconic Harriet Tubman, who not only escaped her own […]

*OneUnitedBank has released a limited edition Visa debit card that features abolitionist Harriet Tubman doing what looks like the Wakanda Forever salute​​​​​​ from the “Black Panther” movie. The black-owned bank announced the card on social media, calling it “a symbol of Black empowerment.” “We have the power to place Harriet Tubman on a global […]

*Memo to Nicki Minaj: Comparing yourself to Harriet Tubman is not a good look and is a really bad idea. The madness started Monday afternoon when she praised the legendary abolitionist on Twitter for shaking “sh*t up.” “All the QUEENS I remember, SHOOK S–T UP!!!!!!!! Queen of the week may go to HARRIET TUBMAN!!!!!!” […]