Harriet Tubman

Whitney Reminds, Black History Demands -- We Must Choose to Lose

David Alexander Bullock | Posted 04.23.2012

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David Alexander Bullock

The death of Whitney Houston was tragic. She was young. She was talented. She was beautiful. She brought us joy. Her death forces us to confront and consider the powerful lessons taught by loss and death.

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Trymaine Lee

Harriet Tubman's Spirit Lives On In Her Descendants

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 02.19.2012

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Valery Ross Manokey doesn’t make the trip as often as she used to, but every now and then she’ll head down to her family’s old homestead in the ...

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Harriet Tubman Gets The Wax Treatment For DC Museum

AP | Posted 02.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Descendants of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman have unveiled a wax statue of the woman who led hundreds of slaves to freedom at The Pr...

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PHOTOS: Harriet Tubman's Descendants Gather At D.C. Wax Museum

AP | Posted 02.07.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Descendants of Harriet Tubman have gathered at The President's Gallery by Madame Tussauds and unveiled a wax statue of the woman who led...

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Top 10 Ways the Congressional Black Caucus Should be More Like Allen West

Katie Halper | Posted 11.01.2011

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Katie Halper

I doubt that any members of the Congressional Black Caucus got any sleep last night. I'm sure they were tossing and turning, sick with worry and regret, trembling in fear over Allen West's threat to leave the caucus.

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4 Female Spies You Should Know About

Posted 10.24.2011

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History.com - On August 23, 1861, the infamous Confederate spy Rose Greenhow was placed under arrest in Washington, D.C. One of hundreds of women who ...

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Harriet Tubman Items Donated To Smithsonian's New African-American History Museum

El Paso Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON - Tourists and history buffs will be able to see some rare Harriet Tubman items when a museum of African-American history opens on the Nati...

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Bible Story: Obama Awards "Moses" Presidential Medal of Freedom

Bruce Feiler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bruce Feiler

Obama is not the first president to connect the American spirit to the story of Moses: Washington compared the Revolution to the Exodus; Jefferson quoted Moses in his second inaugural.

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What The Inauguration Means To Me

Robert D. Patterson | Posted 11.17.2011

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Robert D. Patterson

The significance of Obama's inauguration resides in the sweat, blood, and tears shed by our forefathers so that people of all races, creed, and gender could share in the American inheritance.

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Hillary's Best Line: Were You In It For Me?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cenk Uygur

That's the one that showed me that she genuinely did her best to actually convince her followers that they had to support Barack Obama. That's not a half-hearted effort.

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