"A roughly 14-foot-tall bronze statue of the United States’ most famous abolitionist, Harriet Tubman, will become a permanent fixture outside Philadelphia’s City Hall later this year. It will be the first statue of a Black female historical figure in the city’s public art collection."

About time —

How Harriet Tubman and Philadelphia abolitionists coordinated dangerous journeys to freedom:
https://theconversation.com/how-harriet-tubman-and-philadelphia-abolitionists-coordinated-dangerous-journeys-to-freedom-281105 v @TheConversationUS
#Philadelphia #slavery #abolition #HarrietTubman #Tubman

https://apnews.com/article/harriet-tubman-general-maryland-veterans-day-004ad9d09e8ab7ec2f89407618069a23

"#HarrietTubman posthumously named a general in #VeteransDay ceremony"

Amongst the greatest of the greatest #Americans to ever live

For those who don't know, in the #CivilWar she used her covert travel, scouting, and subterfuge skills, mastered in the #UndergroundRailroad, to gather intelligence and lead troops, especially the Combahee Ferry raid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Combahee_Ferry

General #Tubman it should be, and General Tubman it is

The absolute nerve of this country to put Harriet #Tubman on any smaller denomination than $20. And not even on paper money.

I was promised *paper* Tubmans, man! Tubmans, like Benjamins! It was gonna be so great! What is this commemorative coin BS?

Make #America #Fascist Again (#MAFA!)
The Future If Donald Trump Returns to the Oval Office

"It’s important to keep this history in mind since Donald #Trump and his #MAGA associates are planning to emulate it on a grand scale in a second (and what they hope will be a never-ending) administration. Promises of new “camps,” should The Donald be elected a second time in 2024, are already pouring out of Trumpworld”

#lusane #tomdispatch #election #vote #fascism #tubman #racialjustice
https://tomdispatch.com/make-america-fascist-again-mafa/

Harriett #Tubman was born in 1822, over four years before Thomas #Jefferson died in 1826. Tubman died in 1913, when Ronald #Reagan was two years and one month old. Tubman lived during both Jefferson's and Reagan's lifetimes.

That's just nuts to me.

It's like the fact that a #samurai could have sent a fax to Abraham #Lincoln. I'm sure you've all read that one. #history