Celebrating DEI & Black History Month — Harriet Tubman & the Great Combahee Ferry Raid

Last week, the New York Times reported that Harriet Tubman posters, origami paper cranes and rainbows have been disappearing from the halls of the American schools at NATO headquarters in Belgium, a response to the Trump administration’s rollbacks of diversity, … Continue reading

Black History Month Repost — Harriet Tubman & the Great Combahee Ferry Raid

Born a slave, Harriet Tubman escaped from enslavement and became a leading “conductor” on the “Underground Railroad” which helped slaves escape from bondage in the South to freedom in the North and in Canada, prior to the Civil War.   … Continue reading

Black History Month Repost — Harriet Tubman & the Great Combahee Ferry Raid

Born a slave, Harriet Tubman escaped and would become a leading “conductor” on the “Underground Railroad” which helped slaves escape from bondage in the South to freedom in the North and in Canada, prior to the Civil War.  Nicknamed “Moses,” she … Continue reading

Black History Month Repost — Harriet Tubman & the Great Combahee Ferry Raid

With the arrival of the newly elected administration, Harriet Tubman, abolitionist and underground railroad “conductor” is back in the news and may, before too very long, grace our currency. In 2016, the Treasury decided to put the image of Harriet … Continue reading