Episode one of Great Migrations covers the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940).
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After a Howard County resident who had been traveling internationally recently tested positive for measles, here’s what you need to know about the highly contagious virus that now has a toehold in the state.
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Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
Meet the woman who repeatedly risked her life and freedom to liberate others from slavery.
Harriet Tubman died 112 years ago today. Her legacy endures in a virtual museum. (The Baltimore Banner)
Online repository of archaeological items reveals how Tubman and her father lived on the Eastern Shore.
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Hear the untold story of the impact of the largest student protest in the state of Maryland's history and how it led to $1.5 billion in campus construction and renovation at Morgan State University. The student-led protest helped usher in unprecedented growth of the Baltimore-based HBCU, now a national treasure and one of the fastest growing universities in the nation.
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Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
Meet the woman who repeatedly risked her life and freedom to liberate others from slavery.
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Becoming Frederick Douglass
Discover how a man born into slavery became one of the nation’s most influential leaders.
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Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom and Becoming Frederick Douglass
Two original documentaries and a companion website shed light on the lives of a pair of towering icons in the struggle to end slavery.
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Maryland Underground: Thompson Farm
Can we determine exactly where Harriet Tubman was born?
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