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tuhb muhn

  • n  United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913)
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  • Contractor: "Non-Transparent Actions In Tubman Project"
    The President of Harmon Construction in Macon said he wants the community to know that management at the Tubman Museum and its current board have not been transparent with public funds.
    June 14, 2013 - 13 WMAZ Macon
  • UPDATE: Former Tubman Contractor Booted from Project, Demands Explanation
    MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Over the last 13 years, getting the new Tubman African American Museum up and running has been a struggle, and Thursday the president of Harmon Construction, Inc.---one of the contractors that was involved that process--revealed he got the boot. Paul Harmon held a news conference saying the Tubman Board of Directors dropped him from the project, in what he says is a ...
    June 13, 2013 - 41 NBC Macon
  • Macon firm upset over Tubman construction process
    A Macon company that helped build the exterior shell of the new Tubman African America Museum claims it isn’t being given due consideration to finish the interior of the building, while Tubman officials maintain they aren’t obligated to do so.
    June 13, 2013 - Macon Telegraph
Quotes

  • Hillary Rodham Clinton in International Herald Tribune
    This reminds me of one of my favorite American heroines, Harriet Tubman,Clinton told the audience. "She kept going back down South to bring other freed slaves to freedom. And she used to say, 'No matter what happens, keep going.' So we're...
  • Henry Louis Gates in The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
    It's important because the African-American people are in a crisis,Gates said. "It's one thing to put pictures of Frederick Douglass or Harriet Tubman on the wall of a classroom. It's another thing to know that your family survived the...
  • Ben Cardin in Delmarva Daily Times
    I dare say most people in the country don't know her,said Cardin. "There is broad support on the Harriet Tubman Resolution and pride in Maryland that we are showcasing this nationally."

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