February is Black History month. Since1976, National Black History month has been formally acknowledged by the residing Presidents including President Trump on January 31, 2025 as a month for national ...

DORCHESTER COUNTY, Md. — Archaeologists with the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced the discovery of significant artifacts at the site of Ben Ross’ home, where Harriet Tubman’s ...

CHURCH CREEK, MD ‒ Deanna Mitchell pointed to the bronze bust of Harriet Tubman at the center's entrance and urged visitors to touch the nape of its neck to feel the scars. The bust, she explained, ...

Most Americans know Harriet Tubman as the fearless conductor of the Underground Railroad—but few know she led the largest liberation of enslaved people in U.S. military history. A new exhibition at ...

MDOT HAS FOUND A WAY TO SHARE WHAT THEY’VE LEARNED FROM ARTIFACTS PERTAINING TO HARRIET TUBMAN WITH THE WORLD. THIS IS A COLLECTION FROM BEN ROSS’S HOME PLACE. DOCTOR JULIE CZAPLICKI IS MDOT’S CHIEF ...

CHURCH CREEK — On Monday morning, a new historic marker honoring Harriet Tubman’s birthplace was unveiled. It is set to be placed on Maryland Route 16. The marker is the result of work by Chief ...

Bob the Drag Queen has brought Harriet Tubman back to life with urgency and humor in their new book, Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert. Bob spoke with Blavity ahead of the book’s March 25 release about ...

The biographical film "Harriet" about American abolitionist and activist Harriet Tubman is already generating Oscar buzz for Cynthia Erivo's portrayal of the title character. The movie opens on a ...

In the spring of last year, I traveled down to Green Pond, S.C., where I grew up, to hear a historian talk about her new book. I don’t usually make three-hour drives for history lectures, but the ...

Judith Wellman, a historian of 19th century America who received the 2011 Award of Excellence from the Preservation League of New York State, will discuss the Underground Railroad on Wednesday, Feb.

Following public backlash, the National Park Service restored a webpage about the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman that sanitized some historical facts. But critics of the Trump ...

The performer known as Bob the Drag Queen is no stranger to pushing boundaries, whether through his hilarious antics that scored him the crown on the eighth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race or through his ...