Jefferson and Reagan Were Alive During Harriet Tubman's Life

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Jordan Liles

Jun 3, 2021 A TikTok video asked viewers to "stop saying everything was 400 years ago."

Did a Studio Exec Once Propose Casting Julia Roberts as Harriet Tubman?

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Dan MacGuill

Nov 21, 2019 A screenwriter's anecdote about a pitch meeting in 1994 prompted outrage and disbelief in Novemb ...

Donald Trump Says Harriet Tubman Face Belongs on Foodstamps

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Dan Evon

Aug 19, 2016 A fake news article reported that Donald Trump said abolitionist Harriet Tubman's likeness belon ...

Young Harriet Tubman Photograph

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Kim LaCapria

Apr 29, 2016 A viral image is not a photograph of African-American abolitionist Harriet Tubman as a young woman.

North Carolina No Longer Accepts $20 Bills

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Dan Evon

Apr 27, 2016 An article reported that the $20 was no longer considered legal tender in North Carolina, but it ...

KKK Members Commit Mass Suicide Over New Currency

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Dan Evon

Apr 22, 2016 A story that Klan members committed suicide after announcements that Harriet Tubman's image woul ...

Man Commits Suicide Over Harriet Tubman Replacing Andrew Jackson on the $20 Bill

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Kim LaCapria

Apr 21, 2016 A fake news item reported that a man killed himself over the Treasury's decision to add an Afric ...

Did Harriet Tubman Say 'I Freed a Thousand Slaves'?

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Dan Evon

Apr 21, 2016 There's no evidence a famous quote often attributed to the African-American abolitionist was act ...

Harriet Tubman Is the New Face of the $20 Bill

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Brooke Binkowski

Apr 20, 2016 The U.S. Treasury Department was initially going to knock Alexander Hamilton off the $10, but (t ...