Harriet Tubman once said about slave owners -“I link dar’s many a slaveholder’ll git to Heaven. Dey don’t know no better. Dey acts up to de light dey hab.”
As I read the comments made by Mel Gibson I was shocked and disappointed. Then I thought of what Harriet Tubman had said about slave owners. [...]
Many in New Orleans are working very hard to rebuild their neighborhoods and communities. In the midst of all of the hard work and philanthropy, some insist on perpetuating drugs and violence causing more desolation in their communities. I guess it’s as Harriet Tubman said about her efforts to free slaves and “deliver” [...]
Civil rights leaders and veterans were all in attendance to witness President Bush sign a bill extending the 1965 Voting Rights Act for another 25 years. According to the Associate Press News, everybody who is or was anybody in the Civil Rights Movement was in attendance - Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton, Dorothy [...]
“I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom.” Statement made by Harriet Tubman regarding how she felt the first time she crossed over into the North where she was free.
The House & Senate recently passed a law establishing a national internet [...]
Harriet Tubman once said, “Twan’t me, ’twas de Lord! Jes’ so long as he wanted to use me, he would take keer of me, an’ when he didn’t want me no longer, I was ready to go; I always tole him, I’m gwine to hole stiddy on to you, an’ you’ve got to see me [...]
“After that,” said Harriet, “I wouldn’t trust Uncle Sam wid my people no longer….”
Almost 100 years after the death of Harriet Tubman, the distrust for “Uncle Sam” still rings true in the hearts of many African-Americans.
In a speech to the NAACP today, President Bush acknowledged the existence of racism and the distrust that many African [...]
Harriet Tubman once said - “Every great dream begins with a dreamer.”
“They may say ‘peace, peace!’ as much as they like: I know there’s going to be war!”, one of Harriet Tubman’s most famous statements.
The annual meeting or summit of eight of the world’s strongest and most influential powers was held on Sunday, July 16 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The main topic of concern of course [...]