Harriet Tubman

Assata Shakur is a modern-day Harriet Tubman

I had the distinct honor of meeting Assata Shakur in person at the 1997 World Youth Festival in Havana, Cuba.…

March 31, 2022

Report on Honduras

Los Angeles -- A gathering of activists, organizers in the Honduran community and leaders in progressive organizations fighting U.S. imperialism…

December 19, 2013

Assata Shakur is a modern-day Harriet Tubman

I had the distinct honor of meeting Assata Shakur in person at the 1997 World Youth Festival in Havana, Cuba.…

May 7, 2013

Latina activists present play on ‘audacious’ Harriet Tubman

Bronx, N.Y. — For the second week in a row, a local stage production in commemoration of the centennial death of…

March 25, 2013

John Brown called her ‘General Tubman’

Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Maryland in 1820; her birth name was Araminta Harriet Ross. As a child,…

March 20, 2013

International Working Women’s Month: Students honor Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks

Brooklyn, N.Y. — Harriet Tubman, who was born into U.S. slavery and then escaped her captors to become an operator of…

March 19, 2013

‘Picking up Harriet’s Rifle’

Under the theme “Picking up Harriet’s Rifle!” an amazing and inspiring intergenerational panel of Black female revolutionaries gathered in Philadelphia…

March 16, 2013

‘Every issue is a woman’s issue’

“The women united will never be defeated!” and “¡Sí, se puede!” were two of the popular chants during a spirited…

March 13, 2013

Harriet Tubman and her role in the struggle against slavery

Excerpts taken from a talk given by Brenda Stokely, Million Worker March Movement leader and a representative of the International…

March 11, 2013