Jacob Lawrence, "The Life of Harriet Tubman No. 12" (1940)

Jacob Lawrence, The Life of Harriet Tubman No. 12. Night after night, Harriet Tubman traveled, occasionally stopping to buy bread. She crouched behind trees or lay concealed in swamps by day until she reached the North. (1940)

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March 3, 2005:

Tears.

The courage of resistance. The White Rose. Harriet Tubman. Bravery bone-deep in the most terrifying of circumstances.

That some individuals had the moral strength to see and to do right in the night of deepest darkness.

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