Harriet Tubman

...it was politically advantageous. In her book, Palin quotes Dr. Martin Luther King and says she was influenced by the courage of Harriet Tubman. She mentions the challenges faced by her husband Todd, who is part Yupik Eskimo, and his family,...

In this article: Sarah Palin, LZ Granderson, Barack Obama, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S., E mail, Dog, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Espn.com, and ESPN The Magazine

...focus of Mr. Wendkos's work. In 1978, he directed the miniseries "A Woman Called Moses,'' starring Cicely Tyson as the abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who helped organize the Underground Railroad. In 1989, he directed "Cross of Fire,'' about the...

In this article: Gidget, New School, and Jayne Mansfield

...have to level the playing field," Mack said. "You can't have one side of the story and not the other." Dred Scott and his wife Harriet were slaves who sued for their freedom after they were taken from the slave state of Missouri into...

In this article: Roger Brooke Taney, Maryland, Supreme Court, Robert Bell, and Civil War

According to NYC Statues, Joan of Arc was the first, and the others are Eleanor Roosevelt, Gertrude Stein, Golda Mier, and Harriet Tubman - who was the last one, put up in 2007. In 1993 the Gray Lady herself pointed out the lack of women...

In this article: New York City, Eleanor Roosevelt, Joan of Arc, Alice in Wonderland, and Riverside Park

...matters such as tail-rhyme and chiasmus, and intelligently succinct ones dealing with, for instance, the Bush Theatre, madrigals, Harriet Tubman, "The Wreck of the Deutschland" and The Times Literary Supplement. This last "tries to cover most...

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...U.S. history. As the man who led the Jews to challenge their oppressors, Feiler says, Moses led the way for the Founding Fathers, Harriet Tubman, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and President Obama. Researching the book, Feiler...

In this article: Bruce Feiler, Moses, Cancer, Cecil B. DeMille, The Ten Commandments, Philadelphia, Legal age, and Pumpkin pie

Today, the buyers and sellers of drugs with names like "genocide" are mostly gone, though dealers occasionally congregate under the Harriet Tubman mural on Germantown Avenue. The cemetery isn't graffiti-free, but it's close. Bottles still get...

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...print out a registration form. West Virginia Humanities Council will present its next History Alive! presentation featuring Harriet Tubman, leader of the Underground Railroad, at 7 p.m. Oct. 5 at First Presbyterian Church, 508 Second Ave.,...

In this article: South Charleston, Rent-A-Center, First Presbyterian Church, West Virginia State University, and National Right to Life Committee

...that's not as commonly told. It caught our eye in a children's book by Thomas B. Allen called "Harriet Tubman: Secret Agent." The title says it all. Tubman led a double life as a spy for the Union. Thomas Allen is in the studio with us.

In this article: Thomas B. Allen, Liane Hansen, Civil War, Moses, John Brown, Public Radio, and Rush Hawkins

...-- especially landowners who relied on the free labor of slaves -- and the abolitionists, people who wanted to end slavery. Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave, was deeply involved in the battle, risking her life over and over as she helped...

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