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Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Rosa Parks: each one of these historical figures made a strong impression on the students at Jessup about cultural pride and harmony. They changed our history, said Gaby, one of the fourth-graders who would be participating in Friday morning s school program, On the Wings of Black History. (Pasadena Citizen, TX)
More than words Feb 29, 2008
Harriet Tubman, Oprah Winfrey, Jackie Robinson, and Muhammad Ali, Rosa Parks, and Larry Bell were among the many entries. Following the reception, guests were treated to refreshments as they browsed the various essays that adorned the walls in the lobby at city hall. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
James McBride's 'Song Yet Sung' Feb 27, 2008
Historical fiction partly based on historical people, Harriet Tubman, in this book, and other fictional characters. Of course McBride would have to make up other forms of the Code, but that s what is so interesting about reading and writing. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Heroes, in their words Feb 26, 2008
Martin read about G. W. Carver, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass and Nat Turner and he dreamed of black's rights, respect and freedom everywhere forever. Martin lived for that dream to come true someday. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Stirring look at black life, then and now Feb 26, 2008
James McBride, author of the best-selling memoir "," was driving some back roads in Maryland when he found a historical marker honoring Harriet Tubman, the former slave who helped rescue an estimated 300 slaves via the Underground Railroad. She was a mystical woman, given to strange dreams and visions, yet her life story had become "a children's tale, a moral, polite good-girl story taught to elementary school kids," as McBride writes in an author's note in his new novel, ".". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Teens facing knowledge gap Feb 26, 2008
"What a better thing it would be if people also had the Civil War part and the civil rights part, and the Harriet Tubman part and the Uncle Tom's Cabin part.". The findings probably won't sit well with educators, who say record numbers of students are taking college-level Advanced Placement history, literature and other courses in high school. (USA Today)
Churches offer a joint black history lesson Feb 25, 2008
Gloria Sayles portrays the abolitionist Harriet Tubman at Holy Family Episcopal Church in Fresno on Sunday morning ... Who is Harriet Tubman ... The centerpiece of the service was Gloria Sayles' solo portrayal of Harriet Tubman. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Remembering the past Feb 24, 2008
Just after attendees finished their fried chicken, collard greens, black-eyed peas and potato salad, Judy Winston took the stage to speak on behalf of historical hero Harriet Tubman. Winston portrayed Tubman, both in describing leading slaves to freedom and how Tubman might have looked on Saturday's event. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Dick Morris, Eileen McGann: Hillary Goofs Again! Feb 19, 2008
She renamed post offices, founded a national park in Puerto Rico and expressed the sense of the Senate that Harriet Tubman should have gotten a federal pension 150 years ago. Her only actual legislation included one bill to increase nurse recruitment, another to aid respite time for Alzheimer s care givers and another to expand veterans health benefits, a paltry output for six years service. (Fox News)
Black history in words Feb 17, 2008
I picked Harriet Tubman because she stopped slavery ... I picked Harriet Tubman because I like her. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
MUSICAL ESCAPES Feb 17, 2008
Shot twice in the head by two different villains then captured alive by slave hunters, Liz is locked in an attic with other nabbed slaves. with pistols in their pockets and murder in their eyes," "Negro women appearing as flickering images in powerfully lighted boxes," and "colored men dressed in garish costumes like children. (New York Post -- Opinions)
African American Parents Feb 16, 2008
in response to Sorry wrote on Feb 14, 2008 2:05 PM:" I am sorry but your school must have been a sorry one. I am a 36 year old white woman and I remember learning about Harriet Tubman and MLK and Maya Angelou and Jesse Jackson all when I was in school and it was NOT just in Feburary! Every child in America learns about Blacks and all other races ALL YEAR LONG in school so why should the africian american race be given a whole month? We learned all year about both races and you do not see us... (New Iberia, LA)
Children can understand the civil rights movement Feb 16, 2008
A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman by David A. Adler is about the famous slave who helped other slaves escape through the Underground Railroad. The illustrations by Samuel Byrd are graceful and poetic. (Cedar Park Hill Country News Weekender, TX)
Students at Conshy school learn about diversity Feb 15, 2008
Others write brief statements about their dreams for humanity or read stories to each other about Rosa Parks and Harriet Tubman. Second-graders Obed Perez and Frankie Prusinowski draw pictures of their heroes-Abraham Lincoln and King respectively-on pieces of construction paper designed like postage stamps. (Conshohocken Recorder, PA)
Black History Month: Celebrating a People of Courage Feb 13, 2008
Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass succeeded despite a society held down by slavery. Benjamin Mays, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Fannie Lou Hamer inspired a nation held down by segregation to move toward hope. (The New Hampshire, NH)
Bill seeks to save all-day kindergarten Feb 12, 2008
Dee Myers class at McKinley Elementary School in Salem is learning about Martin Luther King, Harriet Tubman and the Civil Rights Movement. That s not unusual, until you consider this: the students are just 5 and 6 years old. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Black history comes alive reflect Feb 10, 2008
But he is just like Harriet Tubman, he is another great person that really did a lot and I want people to know about him and everything he did. Villalba's cousin Kina Bowman stopped to hear her cousin read. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Educational 'village' instills pride Feb 10, 2008
"So, I had this idea: 'Well, why don't I validate these children's culture?' " One day, while Meadows was giving a talk on Underground Railroad organizer Harriet Tubman, the children got so involved they didn't want to go to recess. "So the owner of the school came in and she said, 'It's recess time.' And the kids said, 'We don't want to go out.' And her reply was, 'This is not important, you need to go out.' She was European American, and to her these cultures were not important. So I was... (San Francisco Chronicle)
No excuses, sir! Feb 9, 2008
Harriet Tubman died at the ripe young age of 93, having become the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad. Her courage, her foresight, her ingenuity and her character serve to challenge us to live a no excuses life. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
The 25 Most Important Films on Race Feb 8, 2008 James McBride's slavery 'Song' riffs on gray areas of 'the Trade' Feb 5, 2008 These black Americans 'will never be lost again' Feb 5, 2008 Black history lives on in Odessa Feb 3, 2008 B&Bs for Black History Month Jan 30, 2008 Winning essay Jan 27, 2008 Warn construction company of 'years' of coming protests Jan 26, 2008 HAROLD JACKSON: Obama restores ideal of America Jan 23, 2008 King's poise and promise Jan 22, 2008 Mental Chains and Civil War Jan 22, 2008 King's dream stays alive in minds of youth Jan 21, 2008 Let's honor those who fought the good fight Jan 20, 2008 Communities unite for MLK commemoration Jan 16, 2008 Sleeping On The Slave Trail Jan 13, 2008 Advocate turns to blacks to make a case for gays Jan 6, 2008 Longtime observer honored during Kawanzaa event Jan 2, 2008 Let's not fear the possible Dec 19, 2007 Garage-collapse victim is mourned Dec 16, 2007 Bowie State University Dec 12, 2007 Hear their voices Dec 9, 2007 Auburn sights open for Holiday Traditions celebration Dec 7, 2007 Program feeds kids on weekend Dec 7, 2007 Little improvement in area schools Dec 6, 2007 Woman leads charge against eminent domain Dec 4, 2007 No brats among these well-behaved dolls Nov 30, 2007 New developments rising from the ashes Director of Redevelopment Agency discusses Powerhouse, Journal Square, other projects Oct 20, 2007 Tour Fort Hill's most famous Oct 19, 2007 Jazz Goes Underground Oct 17, 2007 Marcus Shelby marries lyrical life of Harriet Tubman with jazz Oct 17, 2007 Democrats Clinton, Biden, Obama speak at black women's dinner Oct 15, 2007 Wright inducted into hall Oct 9, 2007 Bennett Corrects Blitzer on Limbaugh Oct 5, 2007 The Zero Sum Society Oct 2, 2007 Rice questioned about her sleep, fears and dreams Oct 2, 2007 Souljah fires up college students Sep 30, 2007 Exhibit ignites memories for Laurel families Sep 28, 2007 Lecture tells tale of area Underground Railroad Sep 19, 2007 Civil War trivia to be honed in Madera event Sep 18, 2007 Tour history at Fort Hill Cemetery Sep 14, 2007 Wellman First Baptist Sr. BYF serve Sep 13, 2007 More of this story Sep 2, 2007 AJC Decatur Book Festival Aug 31, 2007 How Moses Became An American Icon Aug 28, 2007 As much action off course as on at Great Race Aug 14, 2007 US Senator Enstooled Aug 3, 2007 Africans in Diaspora enact return to homeland Aug 3, 2007 Pabis sworn in; contract runs 5 years Aug 2, 2007 An arts explosion Jul 25, 2007 Cole brings history to life Jul 19, 2007 Children's Book Awards Jul 8, 2007 Things to do today: July 8, 2007 Jul 8, 2007 Post the First Comment Jul 6, 2007 Imagining the life of Harriet Tubman Jul 2, 2007 Students focus on cultural identity through photo program Jul 2, 2007 Celebrate freedom: Without the past, America -- as we know it -- would not exist Jul 1, 2007 WWJD? Back immigrants Jun 25, 2007 Walsh pays surprise visit to East Middle School Jun 22, 2007 Great Americans immortalized as potatoes Jun 18, 2007 Shelby kicks off jazz series Jun 12, 2007 Read More... Jun 7, 2007 American idols Jun 7, 2007 Black church in Schenectady notes 170 years Jun 3, 2007 Hope in their hearts May 30, 2007 Pilgrims honor Tubman legacy May 27, 2007 Pilgrimage remembers, honors Tubman's legacy May 25, 2007
As Harriet Tubman led to Oprah Winfrey, and Martin Luther King. Jr., to Barack Obama, so the stars of early black cinema are the mothers and fathers of the stars who entertain and edify us. (Time.com)
Fulton announces pre-k, kindergarten registration Feb 6, 2008
Harriet Tubman (No lottery. First come, first served). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Near Cambridge, he discovered a small sign noting the birthplace of Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave who was called "the Moses of her people" for helping some 300 slaves to freedom. He remembers walking into a cornfield and "feeling the vibes." He wondered about Tubman's life, not just the "polite, good-girl story taught to elementary school kids" but "as an adventure that should ring up any writer's imagination.". (USA Today -- Life)
It contains 1,000- to 3,000-word life stories of everyone from abolitionist Harriet Tubman and Native Son author Richard Wright to actor Morgan Freeman and singer Tina Turner. But there are also bios of people such as Stagolee, the bad man immortalized in blues songs. (USA Today -- Life)
Descriptions of Harriet Tubman and Martin Luther King Jr. synopsized the influence of the entire ethnic group in public school texts. If you were to look at history books even 10 to 15 years ago, most black Americans and their contributions were absent, the history teacher said. (Odessa American, TX)
The B&B is in Cambridge's historic district, near Long Wharf Marina and several sites related to African-American history: the Harriet Tubman Museum; the Bazzel Methodist Church, where Tubman's family worshipped; the Stanley Institute (a 19th-century schoolhouse), and Underground Railroad trails winding through Dochester and Caroline counties. Rates start at $125 per room per night for a queen-size bed and at $150 for a king-size bed. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Then there were others like Frederick Douglass, Eleanor Roosevelt, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells and Marian Anderson. Race mattered to all of those individuals and countless more men and women of all ethnicities. (News Enterprise Online)
"My inspiration comes from the medical students who refuse to become abortionists because of the decades of relentless abortion home protests. My inspiration comes from all those who invested their lives to correct injustice: from Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad; from world-renowned hero William Wilberforce for decades of relentless effort to stop slavery; from the 50,000 Christians arrested at abortion clinics nationwide in the 1990s for their non-violent civil disobedience; and... (WorldNetDaily)
Our subject choices ranged from King and Malcolm X to Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Some on the list were innovators, inventors or athletes whose success inspired blacks, including George Washington Carver, Langston Hughes, Charles Drew, James Weldon Johnson, Percy Julian, Jesse Owens, Louis Armstrong. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Still, several of the children were all set yesterday to perform in A Salute to African-American Heroes in the museum's Sculpture Court, a pageant that paid tribute to, among others, Ray Charles, Rosa Parks, Mahalia Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald, Harriet Tubman and Cab Calloway. King was portrayed by Demetrius Lee, 9, who wore a snappy black suit for the occasion, with a yellow and gray tie. (SunSpot.net)
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Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, humanitarian and Union Army spy: "I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.". All good people, all good words to live by. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
I appreciate Dr. King and all of the civil rights activists before him, such as A. Philip Randolph and Harriet Tubman, Gregg said. I need to continue to tell their story. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
From here, visit the Harriet Tubman Museum, the Bazzel Methodist Church where her family worshipped, the Stanley Institute - a 19th century African American schoolhouse - and follow the Underground Railroad trails through Dorchester and Caroline counties. -- Inn at Aberdeen, Valparaiso, Ind. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
The effort's initial steps have sputtered, as evidenced by two sparsely attended forums in Worcester and Boston in October, and a train-the-trainer session at the Harriet Tubman House in the South End, which was canceled in mid-November after organizers arrived to find the doors locked. Al Toney, the Worcester diversity consultant who was hired by MassEquality to organize the effort, said it was a scheduling mix-up. (Boston Globe)
Some praised their parents or historical figures like Harriet Tubman and Maulana Ron Karenga, who began Kwanzaa in 1966. Virtually everyone mentioned two figures: God and Annie Speight. (The Daily Reflector)
I freed thousands of slaves, Harriet Tubman, the great conductor on the Underground Railroad, is quoted as saying. I could have freed thousands more, if they had known they were slaves. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
The Rev. Rudolph McKissick Jr. told congregants that Edwards was in good company of others who died while building things, mentioning the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman and Jesus. "We don't have to live long to live well," the pastor said. (Florida Times-Union)
In addition, many of the campus' 25 buildings are named for famous African-Americans, including Martin Luther King, Jr., Alex Haley, Harriet Tubman and Thurgood Marshall. Related links. (Sunspot.net -- Sports)
Harriet Tubman, who ran the Underground Railroad, crafted "Wade in the Water" to encourage runaway slaves to walk through water to avoid dogs tracking them. Diedra King and Darryl Williams sang a rousing duet of the hymn. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
The Harriet Tubman Home, 180 South St. Call 252-2081. Seward House, 33 South St., will be decked out with Victorian style Christmas decorations. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
In 2005, the council began sending weekend breakfast meals home with children from low-income families who attend the Head Start center at the Harriet Tubman High School, near west Columbia. Last month, they expanded the program to include children at the Dasher Green Head Start center, in east Columbia. (Howard County Times, MD)
Improved and removed from supervision: Abbottston; Callaway; Furman L. Templeton; General Wolfe; Harriet Tubman; Liberty; Margaret Brent; Montebello; Rognel Heights; Yorkwood. Schools closed: Lake Clifton Eastern; Southwestern High; Thomas G. Hayes; Walbrook. (SunSpot.net)
Councilman Charles Barron (D-Brooklyn), referring to Chatel as abolitionist hero "Harriet Tubman," joined other lawmakers yesterday in calling for a wholesale reform of eminent domain laws. Assem. (Newsday -- New York City)
This summer they discussed Harriet Tubman and Amelia Earhart. "It's so wholesome," Mary Johnson says of the American Dolls line of merchandise. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Antonicello said that he hopes to get the HUB operating on the right track, pointing out that there will be a groundbreaking next month of the Harriet Tubman Homes, eight units of affordable housing within the HUB, part of a plan by the new partnership to develop 230 units of low, moderate and market rate housing in the HUB area. He also cited the opening of offices in the HUB in December for the city's Division of Commerce and the Police Department's Community Relations Unit. (Hoboken Reporter, NJ)
Visitors will be able to view the grave sites of important figures in Auburn's history, such as Auburn High School and Cornell football star Jerome rud Holland; sound-on-film pioneer Theodore Case; politician William Seward; Dr. Sylvester Willard, who helped organize the Oswego Starch Factory; women's rights activists and pioneers Martha Coffin Wright and Eliza Wright Osbourne; co-founder of the American Theological Society Allen Macy Dulles; John H. Beach, who helped bring the Auburn... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Marcus Shelby marries lyrical life of Harriet Tubman with jazz. Article:Marcus Shelby marries lyrical life of Harriet Tubman wi:/c/a/2007/10/15/DDEOSP2UV.DTL Article:Marcus Shelby marries lyrical life of Harriet Tubman wi:/c/a/2007/10/15/DDEOSP2UV.DTL ... Marcus Shelby marries lyrical life of Harriet Tubman with jazz. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Article:Marcus Shelby marries lyrical life of Harriet Tubman wi:/c/a/2007/10/15/DDEOSP2UV.DTL Article:Marcus Shelby marries lyrical life of Harriet Tubman wi:/c/a/2007/10/15/DDEOSP2UV.DTL ... Marcus Shelby was taken by Harriet Tubman's heroic story at an early age, when his mother gave him a book about the bold runaway slave who brought many others out of bondage through the Underground Railroad, led behind-the-lines raids during the Civil War, nursed Northern soldiers and fought for the right... (San Francisco Chronicle)
She invoked the names of Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks, and said that because of what Parks did "the rest of us could stand a little more proudly.". She reiterated her sentiment that while she's excited about "the possibility of being the first woman president in the history of our country, but I tell you, I'm not running because I'm a woman.". (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Past Hall of Fame inductees include Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Tubman and Eleanor Roosevelt. During the ceremony, each inductee or a representative was introduced by television journalist Karen Stone Yannett before speaking to the crowd of hundreds in the New York Chiropractic College athletic center. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
One quote, from Nancy Gibbs in the October 21, 1991 edition of Time magazine, shows the absurdity of claiming Hill suffered "withering" scrutiny: "And then there was Anita Hill, the poised daughter of so many generations of black women who have been burned carrying torches into the battle for principle. The cause of civil rights and social justice has so often fallen to them to defend. Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth were slaves by birth, freedom fighters by temperament. Rosa Parks was a... (MediaResearch.org)
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice sits with Congressman Charles Rangel as students Miles Figaro and Victoria Rodriguez show their fifth grade welcoming project for Rice at the Harriet Tubman Charter School in New York October 1, 2007. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES). (Townhall.com)
The children at New York's Public School No. 154, the Harriet Tubman Learning Center, were decidedly direct in dealing with the top U.S. diplomat, peppering her with questions including how it felt "to be a lady with such a powerful job.". "Sometimes you don't feel all that powerful," Rice said ruefully. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Souljah recalled her mother guiding her to the New York Public Library as a child, where a book about Harriet Tubman shaped her thoughts on race and sex. It also helped launch a lifetime of independent reading, something Souljah said is essential. (The Daily Reflector)
"As I go through the exhibit, I can smile because I remember so many of these great families. And I hate that I can't tell them how much I appreciate them," said Howard Lyles, president of the Harriet Tubman Foundation, an organization concerned with the preservation of Howard County's lone high school for blacks during segregation. "I know these are just pictures, but we're a product of some of these people's efforts. They went through so much to make things possible for us today. This is a... (Laurel Leader, MD)
A closing event featuring Harriet Tubman, portrayed by Kathryn Harris, is at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, at Five Points Washington. Both programs are free and open to the public. (Pekin Times, IL)
Nancy Whittle of Fresno will portray escaped slave Harriet Tubman, just as she has done 16 times in Fresno's Civil War re-enactments. Some 200 students from all over California are expected for the Madera event. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
View the gravesites and learn the history of important members of the community buried at Fort Hill Cemetery including Jerome rud Holland, Dr. Sylvester Willard, Martha Coffin Wright and Eliza Wright Osborne, Allen Macy Dulles, William H. Seward, Theodore Case, John Beach and Harriet Tubman. All proceeds from the tour, sponsored by the Community Preservation Committee, will benefit the restoration project at the Willard Memorial Chapel. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
On Tuesday, the group served at Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman is a shelter for victims of domestic abuse. (Kalona News, IA)
Progress is on hold on renovations at the Harriet Tubman Home, a site that a travel industry expert has said badly needs improving ... The Harriet Tubman Home Inc. has taken the first steps to restore the brick house Tubman lived in and the barn behind it ... Jennifer Meyers / The Citizen The Home for the Aged on the Harriet Tubman Home site is the only original structure currently open to visitors. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
" Former AJC staff writer Bill Osinski, author of "Ungodly," an account of the rise and fall of Dwight "Malachi" York's Nuwabian cult in Middle Georgia, and photographer Anderson Scott. 4:15 p.m. Decatur City Hall Stage, 509 N. McDonough St. "Writing the Whole Life of Harriet Tubman and Strom Thurmond. " Jack Bass and Beverly Lowry. 4:15 p.m. Decatur Conference Center Auditorium, 130 Clairmont Ave. Zakes Mda. The author, poet, journalist, playwright and painter splits his time between the United... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Still others, like Harriet Tubman, the self-styled "Moses of her people" who led any number of slaves into freedom via the Underground Railroad, placed a premium on Moses' decisive leadership, an association deepened by the gimlet-eyed cartoonist Joseph Keppler. In the pages of Puck, he poked fun at the way corruptible political parties searched high and low for a new Moses to lead them into the Promised Land of modern America, where so many boondoggles awaited. (New Republic)
Other awards include the Harriet Tubman Award given to the first female team to finish the short course and the Jules Verdi Award, which is presented to the first-place team overall in the traditional course. Get all the news delivered to your doorstep everyday. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Others included the "Joseph P. Gavrin Memorial Award for Personal Achievement and Contributions to the community by the Westchester Co-Op"; the "Sojourner Truth Racial Justice Award"; the Harriet Tubman Humanitarian Achievement Award" and many more. Furthermore, she became an "ardent advocate and successfully, persuading members of both the public and private sectors to increase economic participation with minority and women owned businesses". Addressing a durbar on Wednesday at the Akwamufie... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
The climax came when relatives of the "immortal Josephs", Harriet Tubman, Marcus Mosiah Garvey and Bob Marley were enrobed in Kente cloths to signify the coat of colours presented to Joseph in the bible, for their struggle against slavery. Addressing the people, the main a rchitect of the 'Joseph project', Mr Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, former Minister of Tourism and Diasporan Relations, said the event was the culmination of a series of "activities, actions and interactions" spearheaded by Ghana to... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
The next Auburn Board of Education meeting will be held on Aug. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Harriet Tubman Administrative Building. Staff writer Alyssa Sunkin can be reached at or 253-5311 ext. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
At the Brown Center, 1301 Mount Royal Ave., opera lovers can check out three performances of the one-act She Never Lost a Passenger, about the life of Harriet Tubman, a Maryland native. Performances are at 2, 4 and 6 p.m. Admission is free. (Carroll County Times, MD)
Harriet Tubman also spoke at the event, according to Cole. A place of history. (Freeport Journal-Standard, IL)
The 2007 artist winner is Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom illustrated by Kadir Nelson (written by Carole Boston Weatherford). Laura Ingalls Wilder Award: Awarded to the author or illustrator of a book that is published in the United States and exemplifies a long-lasting contribution to children's literature, over a period of years. (Suite101.com)
ILENE EVANS as HARRIET TUBMAN: 2 p.m. Free. Tamarack, exit 45 of Interstate 77, Beckley. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
They included Annie Oakley, Harriet Tubman, Amelia Earhart and Uncle Sam. Media Credit: Tommy TangUniversity of Texas audiology sophomore Hilary Francis volunteers at the I Love America celebration at the Bush Library Wednesday afternoon. (The Battalion, TX)
Harriet Tubman: Imagining a Life: A BiographyBy Beverly LowryDoubleday, 418 pp ... "This book does not pretend to be a work of intense scholarship. It is the story of a life as I have studied and re-imagined it, based on documentation and previous publications and told, as best I could, scene by scene," Beverly Lowry writes in the introduction to her new book about Harriet Tubman ... Many of the quotes attributed to Tubman come from Sarah Hopkins Bradford's "Scenes in the Life of Harriet... (Boston Globe)
Alexis Calhoun, a senior at Spruce Creek High School, took a photo of herself as Harriet Tubman, who helped free more than 300 slaves in the 19th century. Her classmate at Spruce Creek, Diana Contreras, posed with her hands behind her back and her back to the camera. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
The name Harriet Tubman, and the famous railroad that she used to help slaves to freedom is a symbol of what freedom is. Being free is a great thing to me. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Other great law-breakers include Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, Harriet Tubman and American's founding fathers. What would you do. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
The final Auburnians chosen were former U.S. Secretary of State William Seward, film pioneer Theodore Case, abolitionist Harriet Tubman, Walsh, former Auburn Doubledays president Leo Pinckney, former Enna-Jettick Shoes owner Fred Emerson, and Jerome rud Holland, the two-time All-American football player who was later selected by President Richard Nixon to serve as ambassador to Sweden. The students were surprised when one of the people on their list, Walsh, was suddenly talking with them... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Their likenesses, created using the popular toy, join Rosa Parks, Thomas Edison, Earl Warren, Lyndon Johnson, Mark Twain, Jane Addams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Clay, John Marshall, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Thomas Jefferson, Harriet Tubman and Andrew Carnegie in the Hall of Fame. Inducted into the Hall of Shame was Sen. (North County Times)
The Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra presents an original composition about Harriet Tubman, the courageous woman who escaped from slavery and dedicated her life to civil rights, woman's suffrage and personally leading slaves to freedom while working with the Underground Railroad. The group plays a wide range of music, from Duke Ellington to Charles Mingus. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Abolitionist Harriet Tubman was portrayed by students Jordan Butterfield, Emily Collins, Samantha McAllister and Eryn Toogood. "She was the first slave that escaped and helped the other slaves," said Collins. (Sheperdsville Pioneer News, KY)
Stevann Brown, 10, dressed as Harriet Tubman and enjoyed learning how the former slave helped others become free. "She was the one who stopped slavery," Brown said. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
The Duryee church was a key link in the Underground Railroad movement to free blacks from slavery in the South, and famed Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman and educator Mary McCloud Bethune visited. Rick Clemenson can be reached at 454-5030 or by e-mail at rclemenson@timesunion. (Albany Times Union)
She provided examples of figures who changed history such as, Jesus, Harriet Tubman and Elvis Presley. Jackson challenged every graduate who walked across the stage to not let their light be outshined, and to keep working toward what they want in life instead of falling into step with the expectations of others. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
AUBURN Harriet Tubman did not set out to become a hero, yet the love and devotion she dedicated to improving the lives of others has had repercussions that continue today. he legacy of Harriet Tubman is not a dead one, said Bishop George E. Battle Jr., of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church during the Harriet Tubman Celebration in Auburn Saturday ... The Rev. Paul Carter, who, along with his wife, Christine, manages the Harriet Tubman home, said that the celebration is an important... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
The notability of Harriet Tubman, the former slave who rescued more than 300 slaves through the Underground Railroad, reaches across the globe ... For the 33rd consecutive year, there will be a Harriet Tubman Celebration to honor her, said the Rev. Paul G. Carter manager of the property at the historic Harriet Tubman Home on South Street in Auburn ... A catered lunch will follow as well as a Harriet Tubman pageant of young people from churches throughout western New York anywhere between Albany... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
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