The initiative is called “In Harriet’s Footsteps” and Philadelphians have until March 1 to submit an original quote.

Letters to Harriet Tubman, a living history theatrical performance from Paul Morse Productions that uses songs and stories of the Civil War era to tell the adventures of the heroic woman who fought ...

Joan McClane is two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist who has led enterprise reporting efforts at the Times Free Press for a decade. McClane earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees in journalism from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pauline Copes Johnson, who is the great-great-great-grandniece of Harriet Tubman, has died at age 98. The Harriet Tubman A.M.E.

Copes Johnson’s connection to Tubman and her role in preserving the legacy of her ancestor was recognized publicly by the New York Senate. Pauline Copes Johnson, a documented descendant of ...

Pauline Copes Johnson, one of Harriet Tubman’s descendants and champions, has died at age 98. The Harriet Tubman A.M.E. Zion Church in Auburn, NY, where Copes Johnson was an active member, announced ...

The great-great-great-grandniece of Tubman was dedicated to carrying on the legacy of her abolitionist ancestor. Pauline Copes Johnson, one of Harriet Tubman’s descendants and champions, has died at ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. "I know she would have been so proud of me," Bob says about their mom's imagined reaction to the Black historical fiction book Ingrid ...

Students at Auburn’s Herman Avenue Elementary School listened in rapt attention one day in 1997 as Pauline Copes Johnson introduced them to the heroic life of her great aunt, Harriet Tubman. It was ...

Auburn, N.Y. — The great-great-great grandniece of Harriet Tubman has died this week in Auburn, church officials said. Pauline Copes Johnson was 98 years old when she died, the Harriet Tubman Memorial ...

Two awards have been recently bestowed on a book written by Fort Wayne native Caroline Brewer. “Harriet Tubman, Force of Nature: A biography in poems” was selected by the National Conference of ...

Turner and Freeman illuminate a lesser-documented episode in the life of Harriet Tubman (1822–1913) via a narrative that, per an author’s note, draws on interviews with the figure’s last surviving ...