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URR NEWS: ADDITIONAL TUBMAN COMMEMORATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY AND
HOUSTON, TEXAS, MARCH 10, 2005
Celebration and commemoration of "Harriet Tubman Day" and the unveiling of
Harriet Ross Tubman Avenue, sponsored by Councilman Albert Vann, Thursday,
March 10, 2005, 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Fulton Street at corner of Classon
Avenue.
Speaker: Honorable Adelaide L. Sanford, Vice Chancellor of the New York
State Board of Regents.
In case of inclement weather, the celebration will be held at The Bedford
Village School/PS 3, 50 Jefferson Avenue, between Bedford and Franklin
Avenues.
For information, contact Councilman Vann's office 718-919-0740 or 212
-788-7354.
Thanks to Elizabeth Rankin-Fulcher, Co-Chair, Black Women's Leadership
Caucus, for sending in this information. She writes that the Black Women's
Leadership Caucus has been working towards getting legislation to honor and
celebrate Harriet Tubman each year on March 10. Rankin-Fulcher can be
reached by e-mail at:
[email protected]
[Press release forwarded by Melissa Thibodeaux [email protected]]
"Harriet Tubman Day in Houston, Texas will take place at the Buffalo Soldier
National Museum at 1834 Southmore in the Houston Museum District. On
Thursday, March 10, 2005, students will be excused from school to honor
Ms. Harriet Ross-Tubman-Davis as one of the most noted women in history.
Please call 832-242-6915 for more information and please inquire about how
to obtain your CD of "The Resurrection of Harriet Tubman." Students will
march from the museum down the streets of Houston with books shouting
promises to read more everyday!"
Christopher Densmore
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
March 3, 2005
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