Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) taking part in this week’s celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington hope to use the event to highlight the threats to teaching Black history that are percolating across the nation. The threats take different forms, including new state laws attacking critical race theory, the academic theory…
CBNNews.com Archaeologists Find Site of Harriet Tubman s Father s Home Where This Moses of the Underground Railroad Got Her Start
04-21-2021
In this photo provided by the Library of Congress, Harriet Tubman in seen in a photograph dating from 1860-75. (Harvey B. Lindsley/Library of Congress via AP)
Archaeologists in Maryland say they believe they have found the home site of Ben Ross, the father of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
The site was found on property acquired last year by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as an addition to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, officials said Tuesday. An archaeology team led by the State Highway Administration conducted the research that led to the find.