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Category: Sojourner in the News

News and Events / March 27, 2024

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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Sojourner in the News / February 27, 2022

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 in the News / February 27, 2022

Sojourner’s Words and Music

Sojourner Truth in Florence MA
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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Sojourner in the News / February 27, 2022

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 in the News / December 16, 2021

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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Sojourner in the News / December 16, 2021

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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Sojourner in the News / December 16, 2021

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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Sojourner in the News / December 14, 2021

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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News and Events / February 3, 2019

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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Sojourner in the News / June 21, 2017

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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