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>> SHHH!
>> HARRIET TUBMAN IS RELEVANT
TODAY BECAUSE THE UNDERGROUND
RAILROAD STORY IS ABOUT MEN AND
WOMEN, BLACK AND WHITE, FREE
AND SLAVE, THAT CAME TOGETHER
FOR A COMMON PURPOSE.
I THINK THAT HER STORY IS
A UNIVERSAL STORY, IT'S AN
INTERNATIONAL STORY, IT'S PEOPLE
THAT LOOK AT THE STORY OF A
5-FOOT WOMAN OF COLOR FROM THE
LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND,
DORCHESTER COUNTY, AND THE
PROFOUND IMPACT THAT SHE'S HAD
ON THE WORLD.
>> I FEEL IT'S A RESPONSIBILITY
TO TEACH THE NEXT GENERATION
ABOUT HER STORY AND THE NETWORKS
OF PEOPLE SHE WORKED WITH TO
BRING ABOUT AREAS OF AMERICAN
HISTORY THAT NEED TO BE KNOWN.
>> --TO YOU?
>> HARRIET TUBMAN MEANS
EVERYTHING TO ME.
SHE WAS A WARRIOR, A FIGHTER,
A LEADER, A SOURCE OF
INSPIRATION TO HUNDREDS AND
THOUSANDS AND MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE, EVEN TODAY.
>> I'M JUST REALLY PROUD THAT
THIS PROJECT'S GOING FORWARD,
AND I-- I HOPE THAT EVERYONE
WHO SEES OR READS ABOUT OR
UNDERSTANDS ABOUT THE LIFE OF
HARRIET TUBMAN REALIZES THAT
HISTORY IS ALIVE IN THEMSELVES.
IT'S NOT JUST WHAT HAPPENS IN
THE PAST.
IT'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUR
OWN CIRCUMSTANCES.
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