One of the few Black women I remember reading about in history class in the 1970s was Sojourner Truth. We learned that she was a former slave who delivered a famous speech, “Ain’t I a Woman?” The word ...
She championed both abolition and women’s rights. And she wasn’t afraid to challenge advocates of either cause. The answer, according to Smith, is the moral complexity of Henson, a former plantation ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared Tuesday, Nov. 26, “Sojourner Truth Day” in New York, signing new legislation to honor the legacy of the Ulster County-born abolitionist and ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The facts of Sojourner Truth’s life are inspiring: Born into slavery in the late 1790s, she became an influential abolitionist and Pentecostal ...