Philadelphians voted on the quote to accompany the Harriett Tubman statue at City Hall, Philly’s only statue of a historic Black woman.

A contest is underway to select the quote that will appear on the soon-to-be-installed Harriet Tubman statue in Center City. In February, Philadelphia officials released an open call asking for an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Also known as “General Tubman” and “Moses of her people,” the historical icon bravely led dozens of enslaved Black people to ...

Harriet Tubman, abolitionist and humanitarian, devoted her life to rescuing enslaved men, women and children during the mid-1800s. Today it was announced that this great American will replace Andrew ...

Few people have made such a powerful imprint on American history as Harriet Tubman did. A former enslaved person, Tubman became an abolitionist, humanitarian and leader of the Underground Railroad, ...