Monthly Archives: March 2017

AUBURN, N.Y. — Residents in Auburn are raising money to bring a piece of Harriet Tubman’s legacy to the area. A newly discovered and extremely rare photograph of Tubman will be going up for auction Thursday. A minimum of $25,000 $30,000 is required to participate. A fundraiser was held Monday with internationally acclaimed composer Sean McLeod…

Born and raised in Auburn, Sean McLeod spent much of his childhood at the Harriet Tubman Home. As a boy, he and his family went to the South Street home several times a year for different events and barbecues, and McLeod grew up singing solos in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church on Parker Street,…