This story is an updated version of a story that was published four years ago in the Leader’s sister publication, Zest, when Charlie and Harriet Thor celebrated their ...

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.

Harriet Taylor, and Sallie Henderson would have likely been lost to history had it not been for a homeless shelter in post-Civil War New Orleans that cared for homeless, elderly women who had ...