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Harriet Tubman (c. 1820 ¿ March 10, 1913), was an African-American abolitionist. Held in captivity she made nineteen missions to rescue over 70 captives to freedom in Canada using the Underground Railroad. During her lifetime, she worked as a lumberjack, laundress, nurse, and cook. As an abolitionist, she helped liberate scores of captives, and inspired many more to do so independently. During the American Civil War, she was responsible for several roles such as intelligence gatherer, refugee organizer, raid leader, nurse, and fundraiser. Tubman was the first African-American woman to plan and lead a military operation. She prided herself in never losing a passenger on the underground railro...
Harriet Tubman (c. 1820 ¿ March 10, 1913), was an African-American abolitionist. Held in captivity she made nineteen missions to rescue over 70 captives to freedom in Canada using the Underground Railroad. During her lifetime, she worked as a lumberjack, laundress, nurse, and cook. As an abolitionist, she helped liberate scores of captives, and inspired many more to do so independently. During the American Civil War, she was responsible for several roles such as intelligence gatherer, refugee organizer, raid leader, nurse, and fundraiser. Tubman was the first African-American woman to plan and lead a military operation. She prided herself in never losing a passenger on the underground railroad, and never being captured.
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Giving thanks for words well-delivered
"… The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." - Franklin Delano Roosevelt Americans were scared, but they got it. In the midst of the Great Depression, struggling to feed their families, they kept hope alive with the help of FDR....Tags: Marin Alsop, Music Industry, Barack Obama, Lou Gehrig, 2008 U.S. Presidential Election
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Water main extension
The county will begin a project on or about Dec. 1 to extend a 12-inch diameter PVC water main about 5,000 linear feet along Cedar Lane, between Freetown Road and Harriet Tubman Lane in Columbia. The extension will serve the new Robinson Nature Center,... -
Park study endorses Tubman national site
The National Park Service has endorsed the creation of a national park in Maryland and New York commemorating the life of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad she helped operate to guide slaves to freedom. A park service study released yesterday...Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure
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Harlem art project depicts Harriet Tubman
A Harlem traffic triangle has been transformed into a public art project, with a memorial honoring the abolitionist Harriet Tubman. The 15-foot, bronze sculpture, titled "Swing Low," includes portraits of Underground Railroad users on Tubman's skirt,...Tags: Society, Ceremonies, Sculpture
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Jewish state's dilemmas
The Jewish Federation of Howard County, county synagogues and organizations will sponsor "Modern Dilemmas of the Jewish State," an interactive program on social and political dilemmas faced by Israelis, facilitated by Alexandra Benjamin, at 7:30 p.m....Tags: Judaism
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Hebrew Reading Marathon scheduled
Cantor Abe Golinkin and Devorah Golinkin, will teach a Hebrew Reading Marathon, a program that teaches Hebrew reading in two sessions, from 3 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday at Beth Shalom Congregation, 8070 Harriet Tubman Lane,...Tags: Judaism, Marathon
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First-graders get chance to play with the big kids
It may have sounded like musical pandemonium to an outsider, but those violin squeals, twittering flutes and rich mahogany-sounding notes emanating from bass fiddles and cellos late yesterday morning in the Aaron and Lillie Straus Foundation Recital...Tags: Marin Alsop, Elementary Schools, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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A Long Way To A Place At The Table
If you've never known the sting of racism or borne the scars of discrimination, you can't begin to imagine how I feel today. If you never met Jim Crow face to face or looked into the dejected face of a mother who was told to take herself and her child to...Tags: Polls, Frederick Douglass, Barack Obama, Langston Hughes, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Timeline of African-American history
1619 The first African slaves, brought to the New World in chains aboard a Dutch ship, arrive in Virginia. 1776 The Declaration of Independence is written, hailing the concept that "all men are created equal." 1787 The three-fifths compromise is written...Tags: Civil Rights, Baptist, Lyndon B. Johnson, Christianity, Slavery
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Obama's Election Signifies Hope And Acceptance On Journey To Equality
The Hartford CourantThe night before Election Day dawned, Barack Obama delivered the final words of his campaign in northern Virginia. From the small town of Manassas, he called out to the whole state — a Republican stronghold — to help him open the doors of...Tags: Exit Polls, 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, Polls, Frederick Douglass, Slavery, Music Theater
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A heartfelt 'Letter'
Special to The Baltimore SunLetter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou Random House / 176 pages / $25 Larger than life in a quintessentially American way, Maya Angelou has taken self-reinvention to a level that other American writing legends, like Hemingway, only wished for. Reading...Tags: Civil Rights, Maya Angelou, Malcolm X, Rape, Oprah Winfrey
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Presidential debate a hot topic at Hofstra University
karla.schuster@newsday.comWonder what Harriet Tubman might say about Barack Obama running for president? Or how Susan B. Anthony would feel about Hillary Clinton's candidacy? Go ahead, ask them. For the next two days, Hofstra University students will perform costumed re-...Tags: Access Hollywood, National Government, Hofstra University, Frederick Douglass, Slavery
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