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," ...

Maryland advocates, conservationists and museum leaders said they will continue working to preserve the state’s Black history ...

The National Park Service on Sunday removed abolitionist Harriet Tubman’s photo and quote from its webpage on the Underground Railroad, igniting criticism that the move was yet another attempt by the ...

A portrait of Harriet Tubman (ca. 1820-1913). Tubman, herself an escaped slave, helped hundreds of slaves escape the South by means of the Underground Railroad. She nursed Union troops during the ...

The National Park Service has restored references to abolitionist Harriet Tubman to its webpage on the Underground Railroad after initially defending the removal. “Changes to the Underground Railroad ...