This exhibit is dedicated to Pauline Copes Johnson, Harriet Tubman’s great-great-grandniece, for her tireless advocacy, commitment to truth telling and education, and for preserving “Aunt Harriet’s” story. Your commitment to preserving Harriet Tubman’s story, the story of a freedom fighter, is an inspiration to current and future freedom fighters and peacebuilders.
—Dr. Charles L Chavis, Jr.
In the textbooks of natural history, men like Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Carl Linnaeus, and Aldo Leopold have revered places in the narrative. Yet African Americans like Harriet Tubman, Jenny Dugan, Brister Freeman, and York are excluded — despite their significant contributions to our understanding of the natural world, especially in the United States.
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