Artist Woodrow Nash, front row, fourth from left, Chairperson of the Sojourner Truth Project Akron Towanda Mullins, front row, fifth from right, Brent Leggs, Executive Director and Senior Vice ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A statue of Sojourner Truth sculpted by Woodrow Nash stands at the center of Sojourner Truth Plaza, which was dedicated during a ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — 8News got a visit from some special guests on Wednesday to talk about Songs of Truth: The Awakening, a Juneteenth celebration and concert that tells the true story of Sojourner ...

Content Warning: This article includes the text of speeches that use outdated and offensive language and reflect stereotypes of Black Americans from the Civil War era. In late May of 1851, activists ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — New York has a new state holiday on November 26: Sojourner Truth Day. It honors the legacy of the African American abolitionist and women’s rights activist whose voice still ...

Her famous “Ain’t I a woman?” speech helped launch the women's suffrage movement and symbolizes America’s ongoing fight for fairness and equity. An 1864 imprint of Sojourner Truth includes her words ...

One of the most significant chapters in the history of America was the abolition of slavery. Many revolutionaries fought for the rights, dignity, and liberation of Black people, but some stood out in ...

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 speech now ...

The site where abolitionist Sojourner Truth delivered her iconic "Ain't I a Woman? in 1851 now has a statue and plaza dedicated in her honor. Hundreds gathered in Akron, Ohio, on Wednesday to unveil ...