They’re Walking Five Days Straight to Honor Harriet Tubman—and Black Women Everywhere [yesmagazine.org]

Alicia Doktor 3/9/184:00 AM

Have you ever considered the journey endured by historical freedom fighters, those in the abolitionist movement who led thousands of enslaved Africans to freedom mile by mile on foot?

One group of women has. And this week they are walking 100 miles, from sunup to sundown, in the footsteps of Harriet Tubman on the Underground Railroad from the eastern shore of Maryland crossing the Mason–Dixon Line into Delaware and ending at the Tubman Garrett Riverfront Park.

In honor of Tubman, the 10 women walking Harriet’s Great Escape started their five-day journey on March 6 and will finish on March 10, Harriet Tubman Day.

[For more on this story by A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez, go to http://www.yesmagazine.org/peo...-everywhere-20180308]

For another story on a similar topic, see The Catholic Sisters Empowering Women Around the World.

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