A rare photo of Underground Railroad hero and 19th century abolitionist Harriet Tubman sold at a New York City auction for $162,500 Thursday.

Federal parks officials held a signing ceremony and formally established the new Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in upstate New York, honoring the courageous abolitionist on Tuesday.

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According to Richard Baird, an advisor for Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, the city of Flint might be $28 million short in funds to remove the old lead-contaminated water lines. On Friday, Baird said the budget has risen from $27 million to $55 million. “Where we have lead lines or other non-lead lines that are unsafe, they […]

Harriet Tubman has been very busy over the last couple of weeks.

The freedom fighter, abolitionist and former slave continues to be immortalized.

On this day in 1978, celebrated freedom fighter and abolitionist Harriet Tubman received a history-making honor from the United States Postal Service. The USPS issued…

You haven’t heard the true story of Harriet Tubman until you’ve watched Comedy Central’s Drunk History segment with Crissle West and Octavia Spencer. Curated by comedian Derek…

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Viola Davis made history on Sunday night as the first Black woman ever to win the Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series award for her…

U.S. Treasury plans to add a ‘notable woman’ to the $10 bill. http://t.co/F033Lf6aD2pic.twitter.com/2lsdCgrhSP — New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) June 18, 2015 Move over Alexander…

  There has been an online poll going on for some time now to finally put a woman on U.S currency through the Grassroots Campaign, titled “Women On 20s” , and now the votes are in and revealed the hopes of one day abolitionist Harriet Tubman could replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. Petitions to […]

  On Wednesday’s episode of Raven-Symone Gets Paid To Be The Token Black Person Who Says Crazy Shit, (also known as her hosting gig on The View)…