Opening of Sojourner Truth State Park
Evelyn Clark led a blessing of the site. (Photos by Phyllis McCabe) Sojourner Truth State Park opened with fanfare, including an Earth Day…
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Category: Sojourner in the News
Sojourner Truth’s Famous Speech: Ar’n’t I A Woman? – Ain’t I a Woman?
Sojourner Truth gave what is now known as her most famous speech at the 1851 Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio, but it…
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Sojourner’s Words and Music
Sojourner Truth was renowned in her time for her speaking and singing ability. Although she could neither read nor write, she had people…
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Keeping the Thing Going While Things Are Stirring
Quoted by http://www.pacifict.com/ron/Sojourner.html Address to the first annual meeting of the American Equal Rights Association delivered by Sojourner Truth on May 9, 1867…
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Sojourner Truth Battle Cry Still Resonates 170 years Later
National Geographic PUBLISHED MAY 28, 2021 Sojourner’s granddaughter Barbara Allen participated in the unveiling of a statue in her honor in Angola Indiana…
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Truth honored on New Yorker Cover, August 14, 2020
Sojourner Truth and the Unfinished Fight for Equality About the cover of that edition of the New Yorker Sojourner’s granddaughter Barbara Allen participated…
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New York Times publishes Sojourner Truth’s Original 1883 NYT Obituary
Sojourner Truth’s Original New York Times Obituary From 1883 (Published 2019)
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Family Speaks the Truth: A New Documentary about Sojourner Truth as told by her Descendants
Black Writers Week - Lateef Calloway June 19, 2021 Chaz Ebert is Producer on a Calliwood Productions documentary by independent film maker Lateef…
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Sojourner Truth Honored with Google Doodle
Sojourner Truth was honored with the Google Doodle on February 1, the first day of Black History Month 2019. The image was created…
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Rutgers to Name Apartment Building after Sojourner Truth
In February 2017 Rutgers University announced that it will name an apartment building on its historic New Brunswick campus after the abolitionist and…
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