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By DENEEN L. BROWN | The Washington Post | Published: February 12, 2021 Under the cover of night on June 1, 1863, Harriet Tubman led Union troops from the Sea Islands up the black waters of South Carolina's Combahee River, with a plan to destroy bridges, raid Confederate outposts and rice plantations, cutting off supply lines to Confederate troops. While working as a spy for the Union Army, Tubman had slipped behind Confederate lines, gathering intelligence from enslaved Black people to obtain the coordinates of torpedoes planted along the river by Confederates. That night, with Tubman lea...

Vivid Hues: The Combahee River Raid Meet the first woman in the United States to lead an armed military operation in today's moment in Black History. Author: Keitha Nelson Updated: 7:00 AM EST February 9, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla — Jacksonville artist, Mobarick Abdullah III captures the energy and motion of the Combahee River Raid of 1863 on canvas.  He paints the hectic scene as hundreds of enslaved people rush to boats seeking freedom.  Dr. Johnnetta Cole, President and National Chair of the National Council of Negro Women lends her powerful voice to a des...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. The Biden administration has revived a plan to put Harriet Tubman on the U.S. $20 bill after Donald Trump's Treasury secretary delayed the move. That's encouraging news to the millions of people who have expressed support for putting her face on the bill. But many still aren't familiar with the story of Tubman's life, which was chronicled in a 2019 film, "Harriet." Advertisement: Harriet Tubman worked as a slave, spy and eventually an abolitionist. What I find most fascinating, as a historian of American slavery, is how her belief in ...

Backroads and Outdoor Afro Announce New Historic Underground Railroad Multi-Adventure Tour Share Article Biking, Hiking and Kayaking through American History from Savannah to Charleston Backroads guests learn history of the Underground Railroad on a historic Savannah to Charleston Multi-Adventure Tour "I can’t think of a better way to learn about American history than to see it up close and actively,” said Tom Hale, Backroads Founder and President BERKELEY, Calif. (PRWEB) February 02, 2021 Backroads, the leader in ac...

The Tubman Twenty is back on track. Elizabeth Cobbs couldn’t be happier. “This is so long overdue,” the San Diego history professor said as word got out this week that the Biden administration is reviving plans to put 19th century abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the front of a redesigned $20 bill. Cobbs wasn’t the only one cheered by the news that U.S. paper money will feature a woman for the first time in more than a century, and a Black person for the first time ever. But few are as well-versed in Tubman’s story as Cobbs is.