NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Lonnie Bunch, founding director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African-American History and Culture, about the significance of putting Tubman on U.S. currency. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Harriet Tubman who helped WASHINGTON (AP) – Harriet Tubman, an African-American abolitionist who was born a slave, will stand with George Washington, Abraham Lincoln … Read more
Your wallet will never look the same: According to a new report from Politico, United States treasury secretary Jack Lew is preparing to announce plans today (Apr. 20) that will change a slew of American dollar bills, most notably knocking Andrew After the U.S. Treasury announced it will put Harriet Tubman on the front of … Read more
The occasion was the first of a series of performances by Oberlin Opera Theater, in collaboration with Cleveland Opera Theater, marking the Midwest premiere of Nkeiru Okoye's opera "Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom." What might have The occasion was the first of a series of performances by Oberlin Opera Theater, in … Read more
Raven-Symoné has joined the growing list of people condemning the proposed idea of Harriet Tubman potentially replacing President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. During Wednesday's epi. A U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing employee looks over a sheet of partially printed bills at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington October 23, 2006. … Read more
Americans want Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. Tubman was the winner of a 10-week poll conducted by the nonprofit group Women On 20s, which wants to replace President Andrew Jackson with a woman on. Abolitionist Harriet Tubman, a Union spy during the Civil War, emerged as the finalist. In May, the group delivered a … Read more
Harriet Tubman Wins Poll to be on $20 Bill. Wed, May 13, 2015. Harriet Tubman won a poll to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. As Mara Montalbano (@maramontalbano) explains, a non-profit organization is on a mission to make the change by 2020. The first ever Harriet Tubman Golf Classic Weekend will be held … Read more
The votes have been counted, and the good citizens of America have placed their money on Harriet Tubman as potentially the first woman to appear on current U.S. paper money. After two rounds of voting and more than 609,000 total ballots cast, Women on Harriet Tubman, everyone's favorite engineer on the Underground Railroad, might become … Read more
Today's Google Doodle depicts American abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman (c.1820-1913) in honor of the first day of Black History Month. Born a slave in Maryland, Tubman worked as a maid, Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery and led countless others to freedom, too. And even though she did this a century and a … Read more
Harriet Tubman escaped the bonds of slavery and devoted her life to helping others do the same, leading many rescue missions through the network of safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. Actress/poet Lorraine Stone will present Tubman's story Harriet Tubman is best known for setting up the Underground Railroad, a series of safe houses … Read more
Harriet Tubman escaped the bonds of slavery and devoted her life to helping others do the same, leading many rescue missions through the network of safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. Actress/poet Lorraine Stone will present Tubman's story More than 30 characters populate “Harriet's Return: Based Upon the Legendary Life of Harriet Tubman.” But … Read more