AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Hundreds gathered in an Ohio city on Wednesday to unveil a plaza and statue dedicated to abolitionist Sojourner Truth at the very spot where the women’s rights pioneer gave an ...

Sojourner Truth was an outspoken abolitionist and women’s rights activist in the 19th century. In 1851, Truth delivered what is now recognized as one of the most famous women's rights speeches in ...

More than a century and a half ago, Sojourner Truth stood before a crowd of White women and asked, “Ain’t I a woman?”. It’s a ...

AKRON, Ohio – The Sojourner Truth Education Committee is hosting a community event to commemorate the first anniversary of the Sojourner Truth Legacy Plaza. The event is scheduled for May 29, the date ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Ulster County is set to celebrate Sojourner Truth Day with a historical marker reveal and an evening program on Tuesday, Nov. 26, according to an announcement from the Ulster County ...

AKRON, Ohio – Black abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth’s legacy was cemented in Akron history and American history Wednesday night with the opening of the Sojourner Truth Legacy ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Sojourner Truth Day on Nov. 26 will become a day of commemoration starting in 2025, officials announced during a ceremony unveiling a new historical marker at the Ulster County ...

The facts of Sojourner Truth’s life are inspiring: Born into slavery in the late 1790s, she became an influential abolitionist and Pentecostal preacher, transfixing audiences from the mid 1840s ...

AKRON — Hundreds gathered in an Ohio city on Wednesday to unveil a plaza and statue dedicated to abolitionist Sojourner Truth at the very spot where the women’s rights pioneer gave an iconic 1851 ...