Auburn, N.Y. — The great-great-great grandniece of Harriet Tubman has died this week in Auburn, church officials said. Pauline Copes Johnson was 98 years old when she died, the Harriet Tubman Memorial ...
Pauline Copes Johnson, one of Harriet Tubman’s descendants and champions, has died at age 98. The Harriet Tubman A.M.E. Zion Church in Auburn, NY, where Copes Johnson was an active member, announced ...
Pauline Copes Johnson, who is the great-great-great-grandniece of Harriet Tubman, has died at age 98. The Harriet Tubman A.M.E. Zion Church, located in Auburn, New York, announced Johnson’s death on ...
As Sernett shows in his fascinating book Harriet Tubman: Myth, Memory, and History, despite the fact that she died in poverty, every successive generation of African Americans over the past century ...
Few people have made such a powerful imprint on American history as Harriet Tubman did. A former enslaved person, Tubman became an abolitionist, humanitarian and leader of the Underground Railroad, ...
Black Enterprise: A Century Of Living History: Harriet Tubman’s Descendant Dies At 98
The Grio: Pauline Copes Johnson, descendant of Harriet Tubman, dies at 98
It is a curious coincidence that Tubman died 100 years ago on Sunday, just a month after Rosa Parks was born. And just as curious to me is the fact that these two tough-minded, independent, courageous ...
The White House: America 250: Presidential Message Celebrating the Life of Harriet Tubman
Today, we honor the indomitable life and legacy of Harriet Tubman, the fearless freedom fighter, whose courage and sacrifice liberated scores of men and women from the chains of bondage and left an ...
Auburn, New York, is home to several important historic sites connected to Harriet Tubman’s life after she found freedom. Each site offers a different perspective, revealing Tubman not only as a ...
syracuse.com: Pauline Copes Johnson was a most tireless advocate for her ancestor Harriet Tubman (photos)
Students at Auburn’s Herman Avenue Elementary School listened in rapt attention one day in 1997 as Pauline Copes Johnson introduced them to the heroic life of her great aunt, Harriet Tubman. It was ...
Pauline Copes Johnson was a most tireless advocate for her ancestor Harriet Tubman (photos)
Copes Johnson’s connection to Tubman and her role in preserving the legacy of her ancestor was recognized publicly by the New York Senate. Pauline Copes Johnson, a documented descendant of ...