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Jane Burch Cochran created a quilt, "Crossing to Freedom," a 7 ft by 10 ft that depicts symbolic images from the anti-slavery era to the Civil Rights Movement that hangs at an entrance to the center. [3] The Freedom Center's former executive director and CEO, John Pepper, was previously the CEO of Procter & Gamble.
English: Commemorative plaque honoring Harriet Tubman. Plaque reads: In Memory of Harriet Tubman. Born a slave in Maryland about 1821 Died in Auburn, N.Y. March 10th, 1913 Called the "Moses" of her people during the Civil War. With rare courage she led over three hundred negroes up from slavery to freedom, and rendered invaluable service as ...
Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 9780316144926. Humez, Jean (2003). Harriet Tubman: The Life and Life Stories. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299191207. Larson, Kate Clifford (2004). Bound For the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero. New York: Ballantine Books.
Two days after Harriet Tubman Day, the Downtown Binghamton Freedom Trail, which includes 12 historic markers around the city, was unveiled at Binghamton University's Downtown Center.
Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. March 1822 [1] – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and social activist. [2] [3] After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, [4] using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad.
The sculpture, made of bronze, has previously been displayed in Peekskill, Newburgh and Haverstraw.
Sep. 20—It's been 60 years since Bessie Bordenave graduated from the Harriet Tubman School in Columbia, the place still feels like a part of her. "We were just like a big, happy family here ...
Harriet Tubman, c. 1885. Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park is a 480-acre (190 ha) National Park Service unit in the U.S. state of Maryland.It commemorates the life of former enslaved Harriet Tubman, who became an activist in the Underground Railroad prior to the American Civil War.