Today is Harriet Tubman Day, marking the 110th anniversary of Tubman’s passing. Making Harriet Tubman visible is just one of many challenges in building towards the inclusive future we envision for our nation and the world, writes JProfessor:
opened to the public yesterday in Newark, N.J., in Harriet Tubman Square, renamed from Washington Park on Juneteenth of 2022. removed in 2020
As a freedom fighter who self-liberated from slavery in Eastern Shore, Md.—before returning 13 times to rescue scores of family and friends still enslaved—who is better than Harriet Tubman to move us forward during contentious times as we face struggles over racial justice and gender equality?
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