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Harriet Tubman (c. 1820 ż March 10, 1913), was an African-American abolitionist. Held in captivity she made nineteen missions to rescue over 70 captives to freedom in Canada using the Underground Railroad. During her lifetime, she worked as a lumberjack, laundress, nurse, and cook. As an abolitionist, she helped liberate scores of captives, and inspired many more to do so independently. During the American Civil War, she was responsible for several roles such as intelligence gatherer, refugee organizer, raid leader, nurse, and fundraiser. Tubman was the first African-American woman to plan and lead a military operation. She prided herself in never losing a passenger on the underground railro...
Harriet Tubman (c. 1820 ż March 10, 1913), was an African-American abolitionist. Held in captivity she made nineteen missions to rescue over 70 captives to freedom in Canada using the Underground Railroad. During her lifetime, she worked as a lumberjack, laundress, nurse, and cook. As an abolitionist, she helped liberate scores of captives, and inspired many more to do so independently. During the American Civil War, she was responsible for several roles such as intelligence gatherer, refugee organizer, raid leader, nurse, and fundraiser. Tubman was the first African-American woman to plan and lead a military operation. She prided herself in never losing a passenger on the underground railroad, and never being captured.
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An interview with National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward
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Poor teaching standards keep students behind on civil rights [Blowback]
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Joseph Dyer dies at 76; retired KCBS-TV executive
Joseph Dyer, a retired KCBS-TV executive who was one of the first African American reporters hired by a major network television station in Los Angeles and later helped it set a standard for community involvement, died of heart failure Thursday at Good...Tags: Employers, Satellite and Cable Service, Career and Workplace, Television Stations, College Football
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"Sports Great Shaquille O'Neal"
Michael John Sullivan
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Theater review: 'Carry It On' at Theatricum Botanicum
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Writers and editors George MacDonald Fraser, 82; author of the "Flashman" series of historical adventure novels (Jan. 2) Gilbert A. Harrison, 92; editor of the New Republic, helped launch new talent (Jan. 3) Philip Agee, 72; former CIA official wrote...Tags: Jurassic Park (movie), Science and Technology, Jack Kerouac, Stanley Kubrick, Literature
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On the side streets of Philadelphia, freedom still rings
Special to The Los Angeles TimesPhiladelphia The neon-streaked National Constitution Center dazzled. The historic red-brick Independence Hall stirred. But it wasn't until I stepped onto the rickety back porch of a Quaker house in northwest Philadelphia that I felt transported. It was...Tags: Richard V Allen, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Politics, Constitutional Issues, Anglicanism
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'Black Womanhood' checks an identity
When is a black woman simply a black woman?
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Dorothy Sterling, author of African American children's literature, dies at 95
Dorothy Sterling, a significant figure in 20th-century children's literature for her lucid, well- researched portrayals of historical African Americans written decades before multiculturalism became mainstream, died Dec. 1 at her home in Wellfleet, Mass....Tags: University of Texas at Austin, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Science and Technology, History, Sojourner Truth
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Culture Clash: Staying irreverent yet relevant after 25 years
A few weeks ago, on a fog-enshrouded night in Malibu, Richard Montoya stepped onstage in full mariachi regalia to welcome his audience to what he slyly called the "Getty Pancho Villa."
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