U.S. Census Bureau Black History Month Feature for Feb. 12

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily Black History Month feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12: HARRIET TUBMAN

Profile America for the 12th day of Black History Month.  She was lauded by Frederick Douglass and John Brown, while the Confederate states offered a reward for her capture.  Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave, who suffered a debilitating head injury.  But she was very brave, making 19 trips into the South and helping some 300 slaves to freedom.  She became the best known of the so-called "conductors" on the Underground Railroad, and once proudly pointed out that she had never lost a "passenger."  During the Civil War, Tubman worked for the Union army as a cook, scout, spy, and as a nurse.  Now, there are more than 2.6 million registered nurses in the U.S., 10 percent of them African-American.  This special edition of Profile America is a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau, conducting the 2010 Census beginning April 1st.  

Sources: www.pbs.org

Statistical Abstract of the United States 2009, t. 596

Profile America is produced by the Public Information Office of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on a monthly CD or on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look under the "Newsroom" button).  

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