A bronze statue of Tubman is set to be installed outside Philadelphia’s City Hall in late 2026.
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Abolitionists used hard facts to counter pro-slavery propaganda, forcing indifferent Americans to face ugly realities.
Countries that retain the death penalty often argue that the public supports it. In Zimbabwe, research helped challenge this narrative.
Frederick Douglass was introduced to the idea of universal human rights after traveling to Ireland and meeting with Irish nationalist leaders.
The voices and actions of women who were enslaved reveal how oppression works and what made a difference to those exposed to it
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Professor of History, UCL
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Director of Ireland's Great Hunger Institute, Quinnipiac University
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Director of the University of Oxford Death Penalty Research Unit, Centre for Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
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Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director, Death Penalty Project and Visiting Professor of Practice, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of Journalism, Indiana University
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Professor of Africology and African American Studies, Temple University
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Professor of Geography, Environment and Urban Studies, Temple University