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Source: NPR "News & Notes with Ed Gordon"

Roundup

12-31-69

The Lasting Legacy of Harriet Tubman [7min]

Essayist S. Pearl Sharp pays a visit to the gravesite of Harriet Tubman, the escaped slave who lead others to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Sharp says that even in death Tubman still has the power to inspire.

Read entire article at NPR "News & Notes with Ed Gordon"