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"Picturing Freedom: Harriet Tubman and the Combahee River Raid" at the Gibbes Museum celebrates the abolitionist's heroic military feat.
On the moonlit night of June 2, 1863, Harriet Tubman and 300 Union soldiers, many of them Black, departed Beaufort, South Carolina, on three gunboats. They sailed in stealth up the Coosaw River until ...
National pride in the U.S. is at a record low. Researchers and experts explore if there is a place for patriotism in ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A new exhibition on display at the Gibbes Museum of Art in downtown Charleston honors work detailing Harriet Tubman and the Combahee River Raid. The “Picturing ...
A historical marker unveiling ceremony honoring Harriet Tubman's birthplace and legacy will be held on Monday, June 23rd.
A marker was placed near the spot of Harriet Tubman's birthplace in Dorchester County, Md. was unveiled on June 23, 2025. (Maryland Governor Wes Moore's Office) ...
A new landmark now stands in Dorchester County, honoring Harriet Tubman near the site where historians believe she spent her early years—solidifying her deep roots to Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
“Combee,” a history by Edda Fields-Black on Harriet Tubman’s time in Carolina as a Union Scout is a needed text as Black history is being erased.
“Combee,” a history by Edda Fields-Black on Harriet Tubman’s time in Carolina as a Union Scout is a needed text as Black history is being erased.
“The Journey to Freedom,” photographed on April 23, 2025, memorializes the legacy of Harriet Tubman, who famously led dozens of slaves to freedom as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
“Combee,” a history by Edda Fields-Black on Harriet Tubman’s time in Carolina as a Union Scout is a needed text as Black history is being erased.