Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black artist Alvin Pettit's winning sculpture of Harriet Tubman (above), titled "A Higher Power: The Call of a Freedom Fighter," ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American abolitionist Harriet Tubman, standing with her hands resting on the back of an upholstered chair and facing the camera ...

After asking Philly artists to submit designs for a Harriet Tubman statue, the city is now tapping local writers to craft an inscription for the monument that will soon be placed outside City Hall.

Guidelines for the art contest, sponsored by the group Freedom 250, include material about abolitionists and civil rights leaders, but little mention of what they fought against. By Jennifer ...

EXPLAINS. L LISA: HARRIET TUBMAN WAS NEDAM A RMINTA ROSS AT BIRTH. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF HER ENTRANCE INTO THE WORLD AND HER ENSLAVERS BIBLE. NO MENTION OF HER BIRTH IN HIS LETTERS. AND THERE WAS ...

What did you learn about Harriet Tubman in school? That she ran away from slavery, then risked her own freedom to free others? One sentence, two, if that? A new film, "Harriet," starring Cynthia Erivo ...