The phenomenal courage of one Black woman who led slaves to freedom will be honored across the nation Monday on National Harriet Tubman Day. Established by U.S. Congress in 1990, the day memorializes ...

Most Americans know Harriet Tubman as the fearless conductor of the Underground Railroad—but few know she led the largest liberation of enslaved people in U.S. military history. A new exhibition at ...

MDOT HAS FOUND A WAY TO SHARE WHAT THEY’VE LEARNED FROM ARTIFACTS PERTAINING TO HARRIET TUBMAN WITH THE WORLD. THIS IS A COLLECTION FROM BEN ROSS’S HOME PLACE. DOCTOR JULIE CZAPLICKI IS MDOT’S CHIEF ...

Harriet Tubman was barely 5 feet tall and didn’t have a dime to her name. What she did have was a deep faith and powerful passion for justice that was fueled by a network of Black and white ...

A new historical marker honoring Harriet Tubman was unveiled in Maryland on September 17, 2025. The updated sign corrects inaccuracies about Tubman's birthplace and the number of people she freed.

Archaeologists in Hanover, Maryland, came across rare artifacts that have ties to American abolitionist Harriet Tubman. The evacuation was led by the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) at ...

February is Black History month. Since1976, National Black History month has been formally acknowledged by the residing Presidents including President Trump on January 31, 2025 as a month for national ...

In January, Willie Phillips of the Laguna Woods African American Heritage Club bought 104 tickets to the play “The Spirit of Harriet Tubman” and chartered two buses to take residents to the one-night ...