by Starlette Thomas | Jul 8, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
Abolitionist Harriet Tubman is in Texas. Since 2020, she’s been traveling and spreading her message of bodily autonomy, innate freedom and self-emancipation through Wesley Wofford’s “Journey to Freedom” sculpture. That people still gather around her is the sweetest...
by Starlette Thomas | Apr 10, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Harriet Tubman has many titles. Therese Taylor-Stinson’s new book Walking the Way of Harriet Tubman: Public Mystic and Freedom Fighter introduces readers to the mystical side of the Underground Railroad’s most famous conductor. Not to be confused with following in her...
by Starlette Thomas | Aug 8, 2022 | Opinion, The Raceless Gospel Initiative
It’s someone’s 200th birthday! But how do you celebrate an icon, an embodiment of freedom? The answer is, “All year long.” A nine-foot statue of the trailblazer was unveiled at the start of the year. Harriet Tubman – The Journey to Freedom sculpture by Wesley Wofford...