harriet tubman
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For Black History Month, Someone Thought Harriet Tubman on a Debit Card Throwing Up the 'Wakanda Forever' Salute was Clever
You know… maybe we should all just go back to celebrating Black History Month by — oh, I don’t know — teaching black history. Don’t get me wrong; theoretically, there’s nothing wrong with being a little extra during this time by staging elaborate displays meant to celebrate the culture or making special commemorative book covers,…
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Rebels of Black History: The Women Who Freed a Thousand Slaves
Five origin stories of some of America’s greatest superheroes.
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As EGOT Status Draws Near, Double Oscar Nominee Cynthia Erivo Commends Joaquin Phoenix For Condemning Hollywood Racism
Can I get a soul clap for Cynthia Erivo. She’s just one award from gaining the much coveted EGOT status and she’s not tip-toeing around the racism that continues to permeate throughout Hollywood. Last Monday, the Harriet star – who’s the lone black nominee in the lead actress and original song categories at this year’s…
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Judge Joe Brown Believes Harriet Tubman Has No Place on the $20 Bill: 'It's Insulting to the Black Race'
Joseph B. Brown, more commonly known as Judge Joe Brown, is an accomplished lawyer, a celebrated television personality, and a full-fledged, whole ass hotep. And before you go, “No, he isn’t!” thus, forcing me to retort with, “Uhhh, yes the hell he is!” did you hear what he said about Harriet Tubman? Probably not, since…
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‘I Wanted to Show Her as a Woman’: Cynthia Erivo Talks Harriet for Essence's Digital Cover
“Though she be but little, she is fierce!” wrote William Shakespeare, and the phrase proves equally true for fellow Brit Cynthia Erivo, the multitalented phenom currently dominating the box office in the titular role of Harriet, the black-helmed Harriet Tubman biopic, released on Friday. Erivo was handpicked by producer Debra Martin Chase for the role,…
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Despite Controversies, Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman Proves to Be a Winner at Box Office
There’s a famous quote that has been attributed—perhaps falsely—to Harriet Tubman through the years about how she would’ve been able to free many more slaves only if they realized they were actually enslaved. Or something like that. I bring that up to say that despite some racially-charged, micro-aggressive attitudes (some by blacks) towards the new…
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What Harriet Teaches Us About Black Women’s Leadership
When most people think of Harriet Tubman, the first thing that comes to mind is how she helped hundreds of black people escape slavery through the Underground Railroad. Other aspects of her life, such as how she led a raid near the Combahee River that freed 700 enslaved people or how she was a founder…
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Urbanworld 2019: We Came, We Saw, We Covered
The Urbanworld Film Festival is a space for black cinematic excellence. For five days (from Sept. 18-22), Urbanworld showed New York City and the world why the festival is in its 23rd year (The Root was a media sponsor of the festival). On Wednesday, Harriet, a film directed by Kasi Lemmons, opened the festival with…
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I'm Glad the Harriet Tubman Biopic Is on Its Way, So Some of You Can Finally Learn About the Underground Railroad
The trailer for the biopic about Harriet Tubman—called Harriet—recently hit the internets; the movie hits theaters in November. The film (perhaps controversially) stars Cynthia Erivo in the role of the most famous Harriet of all time. I have no facts to back up that statement but I feel it in my soul so I’m going…