“I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger” – Harriet Tubman The image of Harriet Tubman that is expected to be featured on the $20 bill has hit a colossal snag: The Trump administration. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is not  endorsing the Obama administration-sanctioned plan to replace President Andrew […]

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Black abolitionist Harriet Tubman was set to replace President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill under a 2016 decision by the Obama administration. However, the Trump administration signaled on Thursday that Tubman may not replace Jackson after all. According to the New York Times, “Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin declined to endorse the plan for a […]

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Black abolitionist Harriet Tubman was set to replace President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill under a 2016 decision by the Obama administration. However, the Trump administration signaled on Thursday that Tubman may not replace Jackson after all. According to the New York Times, “Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin declined to endorse the plan for a […]

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WGN America’s Underground fought the good fight, but unfortunately the cable outlet has decided that, going forward, the program would not make a good fit. Apparently there’s nothing about the program, per se, that would qualify it for cancellation. However, the decision comes as parent company Tribune Media is being bought for $3.9 billion by Sinclair […]

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With photos of Harriet Tubman being few and far between, when a rare new photo of her surfaced it was a huge deal. While most photos depict Tubman as an elderly woman, a newly unearthed picture shows a much younger Tubman and was quickly acquired by the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African-American History […]

Women’s History Month is winding down but the stars of Underground are still celebrating it. On the show this season, actress Aisha Hinds plays Harriet Tubman, the iconic woman who brought hundreds of slaves to freedom. Aisha talked about playing the role and other cast members share their favorite women of history. Check it out […]

This was by far the most violent episode of the entire series. From the domestic violence between Ernestine and Hicks to Rosalee trying to survive on the run to Angela Bassett‘s  impeccable, yet oddly demonic cameo, episode three was definitely intense. Let’s start at the beginning. Daniel (Bokeem Woodbine) is reading like a pro and although I […]

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Tony Award winning actress Cynthia Erivo has been cast as the title character in Macro/New Balloon’s film “Harriet,” an upcoming biopic on famed abolitionist and Underground Railroad warrior Harriet Tubman. Seith Mann is attached to direct from a script by Gregory Allen Howard, according to Deadline.com. Debra Martin Chase is producing along with Howard, Founder/CEO […]

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A rare photo of Harriet Tubman, one of America's most revered freedom fighters, has just surfaced in Auburn, N.Y., where she made her home after the Civil War.

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AUBURN, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers and federal parks officials are gathering in Washington, D.C. to formally establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in New York. U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will preside over an official signing ceremony Tuesday that will make the park part of the National Park System. It encompasses the […]

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Steve King hopes his addendum will be attached to a wider bill that addresses overall Treasury funding.

Harriet Tubman has been very busy over the last couple of weeks.