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[…] 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. Historical […]

*(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 debt […]

Harriet Tubman, (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) *Remember when there were plans to put Harriet Tubman’s face on the front of the $20 bill? It was more than five years ago when news broke that the famed abolitionist and activist would replace former President Andrew Jackson as the new […]

*Folks are ecstatic that Harriet Tubman is going to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, and a quote attributed to the famed abolitionist that’s been hot on social media is: “I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.” Those are powerful words, but they […]

 *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 having […]

*“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 and moved […]

[…] 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 insights […]

*“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 the first […]

*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!!!!!!” Minaj […]

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 a […]

*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 payment […]

*After facing backlash for selecting a white artist to create the Harriet Tubman statue, the city of Philadelphia is moving forward with a Black artist’s winning design. Alvin Pettit’s design for the permanent, 14-foot bronze Tubman statue shows the abolitionist with her fists clenched in prayer as she prepares for battle. “This woman was a […]

[…] hall event at River Woods September 30, 2015 in Exeter, New Hampshire *Dr. Ben Carson is getting a deserved collective side-eye from folks over his comments regarding Harriet Tubman replacing Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. And on top of that he’s getting a tongue lashing from a Rosa Parks relative. Carson, the failed 2016 […]

harriet tubman home *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 York Democrat sent a letter Tuesday to the cable network and its parent company, Time Warner Cable, […]

Harriet Tubman *Suddenly, there’s another option for the upcoming $20 bill with Harriet Tubman’s image. A newly-discovered photo has surfaced showing a much younger version of the woman who was born a slave, escaped, and then led hundreds of enslaved African Americans to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Newly-discovered photo of Harriet Tubman, believed to […]