name was not harriet tubman. i have found that i will know that america is on its way to a different place -- first of all, i have a problem that i have to go to a caucasian to get permission to stop using a caucasian surname and get a name that i choose on my own passport. this whole thing about what is her name, out of respect, it is almost like it is better to just say she doesn't have a name. she was the great one, or something. >> she had many names, but i would say her parents loved her very much and called her ariamenta and then she married tubman and that her name. she took her mother's name when she went into freedom. and it may have been one of her disappearing sisters. the cash crop was slave children which were bought and sold away into the south. and so in respect, i believe she took the name harriet and she talked about ariamenta being her name. i guess i as a scholar am trapped to take the name -- >> i wasn't clear. it is not first name that it is the issue. >> it is the last name. >> there's so mu

name was not harriet tubman. i found that i will know that america is on its way to a different place when i can -- oh first i of all i have a problem i can go to a caucasian to get permission to stop using a caucasian surname. out of respect it's almost like it's better to just say, she doesn't have a name. great one or something. >> she had many names but i her parents called her very much and called her are a meant at an and that was her birth name and then she married john tubman and took his name and then she took her mother's name harriet and may have been the name of one of her disappeared sisters. the slave trade, the eastern part of maryland provided crash crop and that was slave children which were bought and sold away to the south n respect i believe she took the name harriet and it and talked t about taking the name harriet. i guess as i as a scholar to take the names as she testified to them. >> i wasn't clear. it's not the first name that's the issue it's the sur name and there's so much energy that

harriet tubman's name was not harriet tubman. i have found that i will know that america is on its way to a different place when i can -- first of all, i have a problem that i have to go to a caulk aution -- to a caucasian to get permission to stop using a caucasian surname and get the name that i choose of my own passport, and this whole thing about what is her name, out of respect, it's almost like it's better to just say >> she had many names and her parents called her ariminta, then she married john tubman and took his name and then when she went into freedom she took the name harriet which was her mother's name and may have been the name of one of her disappeared sisters. we were talking about the maryland slave trade. the eastern shore of maryland provided cash crops for the rest of the united states and the carb crop were slave children which were -- cash crop were slave children which were sold oway -- sold away into the south. she talked about ariminta being her name and she talked about taking the name harriet, so i gue

in september 1849, harriet tubman escaped from slavery in maryland and fled to philadelphia.ver the next decade, she became o saint /* st. pa >> in harriet tubman the road to freedom they write about her escape and details her time as scout, spy and nurse for the union army. they discuss it from march 2004. >> thank you. good e

there were white people that helped in the underground railroad in the days of harriet tubman.hite people supported blacks in times of slavery in this country. are they cowards too? are they a nation of cowards? >> nobody's arguing that. what you're talking about are certain individuals. certainly there have been individuals of every race, color and creed who have fought for justice. as a nation we have not addressed these issues. in ferguson, missouri, what did we see almost 50 years after dr. king's death? that same triple threat on displace, racism, poverty and militarism. america is a great nation, sean. but we're not yet as great a nation as we can be. we all want to live in a nation that is one day going to be as good as it's promised. the problem is that the promise of america and the possibility in america for all fellow citizens, that gap is still too broad. if you can't -- hold on, one second, one second. that gap is still too raw, my friend. if you can't hear a principle critique of our shortcomings as a nation, how do we get better, sean? >> listen, i want to get be

in september 18, '49, harriet tubman escaped from slavery in maryland and fled to philadelphia. t