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How This U.S. City Is Honoring Sojourner Truth's Activism Through Preservation
Veranda via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHow This U.S. City Is Honoring Sojourner TruthDion Harris/GPD Group Akron Much of the work of...
On this day in history, May 29, 1851, Sojourner Truth delivers famed 'Ain’t I a Woman' speech
Fox News via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAfrican American abolitionist and women's right advocate Sojourner Truth delivered her famous "Ain't...
Let’s talk about the time a white woman remixed Sojourner Truth’s famous speech
theGrio via AOL· 3 months agoOPINION: We can’t even call Sojourner Truth’s speech ‘Ain’t I a woman?’ because apparently she never...
United Way kicks off campaign with focus on learning from history to drive change
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHours after launching a project to commemorate an important chapter in America's Black and women's...
Column: Why aren't we talking more about the Supreme Court's affirmative action decision?
The Herald-Times via Yahoo News· 9 months ago"There is a debt to the Negro people which they can never repay. At least then, they must make...
16 women abolitionists you may not know about
Stacker via AOL· 5 months agoLibrary of Congress // Getty Images; Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images It is an egregious fact that forced labor has long been a practice in...
Farmington to celebrate bicentennial: 5 facts to know about the Detroit suburb
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOnce covered with large forests populated by Native Americans, 200 years has changed nearly...
Gay Men Get All the Credit for Wit and Style. But Lesbian Taste Has Always Been Cutting-Edge.
Slate via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoIf one’s computer hard drive provides a window to the soul, mine reveals a woman with a bit of an...
Mary McLeod Bethune statue unveiling: Key facts and how to watch
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDAYTONA BEACH — After an arduous five-year process that involved a series of state and federal...
The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. Here's when it was ratified.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWomen are more likely to vote than men, according to data from the Center for American Women and...