Harriet Jacobs’s life and legacy embody dignity, security, and justice. Expanding access to safe, affordable homes in Cambridge carries that same moral weight today. E. Denise Simmons is the mayor of ...

Introduction : over-exposed, under-exposed : Harriet Jacobs and Incidents in the life of a slave girl / Rafia Zafar -- "I disguised my hand" : writing versions of the truth in Harriet Jacobs's ...

The Cambridge Historical Commission hesitantly voted to allow the redevelopment of the Harriet Jacobs House on Thursday, on the condition that developers continue to meet with the CHC to address ...

It was not Harriet Jacob's nature to give up without a fight. Born into slavery, Harriet Jacobs would thwart repeated sexual advancements made by her master for years, then run away to the North. She ...

The Cambridge Historical Commission approved a proposal to redevelop the Harriet Jacobs House in a Thursday hearing, despite backlash over the size of the building. The Jacobs House, which was run by ...

A monument to survival and perseverance has survived, by happenstance, to share its stories today. Courtesy of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) at Old Salem From the ages of 12 to ...

Rep. Nicole Collier And The History Of Refusing To Yield From Harriet Jacobs To Rep. Nicole Collier: Black Women Have Always Resisted Being Boxed In Harriet Jacobs hid in a crawl space for seven years ...

What does it mean to claim a commitment to racial equity if the city allows the physical legacy of one of America’s most important freedom fighters to be sacrificed on the altar of profit? Orlando ...

Harriet Jacobs historical marker in Edenton, NC, February 2023. Earlier this year, a group of Black women traveled to Edenton, North Carolina for a cultural experience they wouldn’t forget called “A ...

The story of Harriet Jacobs is unique in the literature of American slavery because it is based on motherhood rather than solitary self-liberation. For Harriet, freedom was inseparable from family. At ...