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News Articles: Harriet Tubman

The new Harriet Tubman monument, titled 'Shadow of a Face' by architect Nina Cooke John, is in Newark, New Jersey, on Thursday, March 9, 2023.

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A monument of Harriet Tubman now replaces a statue of Christopher Columbus in Newark

The title of the city's monument was inspired by Robert Hayden's 1962 poem entitled "Runagate Runagate," which references Tubman.

March 13, 2023
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, pictured on Capitol Hill last month, called for a permanent expansion of the child tax credit during an interview with NPR on Thursday.

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Families Are Receiving A Child Tax Credit. Janet Yellen Says It Should Be Permanent

In an interview with NPR, the Treasury secretary calls to permanently expand the child tax credit being paid out to American families starting this week.

July 16, 2021
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  • Noel King and
  • Scott Horsley
Supporters rally outside the U.S. Treasury Department in 2019 to demand that American abolitionist Harriet Tubman's image be put on the $20 bill.

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Biden Administration Will 'Speed Up' Efforts To Put Harriet Tubman On $20 Bill

Press secretary Jen Psaki said it's important that "our money ... reflect the history and diversity of our country." The effort to redesign the $20 bill foundered during the Trump administration.

January 26, 2021
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  • Laurel Wamsley

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OST Full Show: Syria, Harriet Tubman, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Chef Debrah VanTrece

Turkey’s pause in military operations in Syria ends Tuesday. The horrors happening to Kurds are unfolding on the other side of the world. Find out why...

October 23, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
  • and 6 more
"The Tubman Command" imagines what life was like for Harriet Tubman as a scout in the Union army.

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Harriet The Spy: Author Brings Tubman's Civil War Espionage To Life In New Novel

There are some stories that bear repeating over and over. One of those stories is Harriet Tubman’s. A new movie about the heroic abolitionist, known as...

October 22, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • La'Raven Taylor ,
  • and 1 more
"The Tubman Command" can be found on store shelvels on May 21.

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Harriet The Spy: Author Brings Tubman's Civil War Espionage To Life In New Novel

Members of Congress are working to revive an Obama-era effort to make Harriet Tubman the new face of the $20 bill. A new historical novel about Tubman...

May 20, 2019
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  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott
Beaufort, S.C. leaders unveil a model of the future Harriet Tubman monument. The finished product will stand about 14 feet tall.

Beaufort Church Unveils Model Of Tubman Memorial

As debate flares over Confederate monuments around the country, one church in coastal South Carolina is building a memorial to Harriet Tubman. A model...

October 20, 2017
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  • Emily Jones

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