Biography: Harriett Tubman
by Denise Royal
Harriet Tubman is an American hero. She is best known for her role as a “conductor” in the Underground Railroad. Tubman played a major role in freeing slaves from the South before the Civil War.
Tubman was born Araminta Ross on the Eastern shore of Maryland in 1819 or 1820. The exact year is unknown because slave owners did not record their slaves’ birthdates. Her
Matthew Henson is widely cited as an important figure of African American history, based on his co-discovery of the North Pole.
by Bobby Walker
As the saying goes people fear what they don't understand. That saying can be true for many African Americans as well as the people
In 1966, the Civil Rights Movement was evolving. A decade of nonviolence protest by Negroes was answered with arson and murder by
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