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The U.S. agency appeared to restore text on the history of African Americans escaping slavery, including a photo of famed ...
The National Park Service edited a page on its website that describes the Underground Railroad to reduce the emphasis on Harriet Tubman.
After sparking backlash for removing references to Tubman’s role in the movement, the NPS said changes were “made without ...
The debacle comes as other federal agencies have faced fierce backlash for similar “mistakes” where references to civil ...
The National Park Service reinstated an image of Harriet Tubman and a quote from her on a webpage about the Underground Railroad, following backlash.
In response to our questions about the changes, an NPS spokesperson said (emphasis ours): The National Park Service recognizes Harriet Tubman as the Underground Railroad's best known conductor and ...
Harriet Tubman’s descendant is 'devastated' by the National Park Service’s decision to soften its language about the ...
The National Park Service (NPS) has removed a reference to abolitionist Harriet Tubman from its webpage dedicated to the Underground Railroad. For years, the NPS’s page on the ...
The restoration of Harriet Tubman’s contributions comes in response to outrage over the removal of info on the abolitionist’s outsize role.
The National Parks Service has restored the original Harriet Tubman material featured on a webpage about the Underground ...
An image of and quote from Harriet Tubman have been removed from a National Parks webpage about the “Underground Railroad,” following several prominent changes to government websites under the Trump ...
“Changes to the Underground Railroad page on the National Park Service’s website were made without approval from NPS leadership nor Department leadership,” NPS spokeswoman Rachel Pawlitz said late ...