Harriet Tubman

Adolphe Duperly’s painting depicting the destruction of the Roehampton Estate in Jamaica during the Baptist War in January 1832. Wikimedia Commons by Ana Lucia Araujo,...

By Karen Baynes-Dunning, Southern Poverty Law Center, Interim President   Throughout my life, Harriet Tubman symbolized strength, courage, and determination. The abolitionist hero was the only woman...

More than 100 professional American historians have signed an open letter to Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin urging that he commit to plans previously announced...

…Before The $20 Debate By Ken Hare Chicago Defender Staff Writer Long before Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew announced that Harriet Tubman would be replacing…

This is what you call the confluence of mutually agreeable circumstances, or perhaps a case of serendipity, or crazy coincidence. Or maybe there is...

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Following the success of Straight Outta Compton, many moviegoers are looking forward to see some of the stories of other famous folks on the...

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Anniversary Celebration     JULY 11—Christian Life Skills Inc. will host its 25th Anniversary Celebration at Hosanna House, 807 Wallace Ave., Wilkinsburg. The three-day celebration will…

By Special to the Daily WorldFrom the American Revolution to the present, African American women have played a myriad of critical roles in...