Many of us know the story of Sojourner Truth from our school history books. A formerly enslaved woman, Truth is remembered as an outspoken advocate for abolition and women’s rights […] ...
Greg Jenner is joined in 19th-century America by Dr Michell Chresfield and comedian Desiree Burch to learn all about abolitionist and suffragist Sojourner Truth. Show more Greg Jenner is joined in ...
Could a Battle Creek post office soon bear the name of famed abolitionist Sojourner Truth?
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 ...
Freed from slavery in 1827, Sojourner Truth became an eloquent speaker not only for abolition, but for women's rights as well. Born in bondage to the Hardenberghs, an affluent Dutch family in the ...
Stories of Strength and Legacy event Feb. 8 to honor the legacies of historical civil rights figures Sara Lucy Bagby and ...
recalled one visitor being especially thrilled to hold an 1853 first edition of the Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a first-person account of the life of an abolitionist icon. John Hope Franklin ...
Stepping into the life of "living legends" is the goal of the latest display at the African American Historical & Cultural Museum of San Joaquin Valley.
The Western Reserve Historical Society is honoring Black History Month with numerous programs including one at its Hale Farm and Village called Pathways to Freedom: Stories of Strength and Legacy. It ...
The library is set to move to Peckham’s Sojourner Truth Community Centre over the summer, which is aptly named after the famous African American activist and abolitionist. In a sneak peek at ...
Freed from slavery in 1827, Sojourner Truth became an eloquent speaker not only for abolition, but for women's rights as well. Born in bondage to the Hardenberghs, an affluent Dutch family in the ...