Word: tubman
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Dates: during 1933-1933
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Roberta Keene Tubman, descendant of Signer of the Declaration of Independence William Hooper, a vice president of the America's Good-Will Union, was sitting in a Manhattan subway train when a group of communists got on. Lustily they sang the "Internationale." Mrs. Tubman boiled, then rose and gave voice to "The Star-Spangled Banner." Over & over she sang it, pitching it higher and higher. Louder sang the Communists. At the next station more Communists got on, joined in the "Internationale." Mrs. Tubman pitched "The Star-Spangled Banner" still higher. At last she was obliged...