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Sojourner Truth Legacy Plaza and Statue opens to public - Akron.com
West Side Leader & South Side News Leader· 2 days agoHundreds gathered on downtown Akron’s North High Street to witness the opening and dedication of the...
Arts Briefs: A Sojourner Truth biographer comes to the Valley, a new take on a noted play, and more
Daily Hampshire Gazette· 1 day agoHistorian Nell Irvin Painter, the author of an acclaimed biography of Sojourner Truth, will visit...
The Site Where Sojourner Truth Gave Her 'Ain't I A Woman?'Speech Now Has A Statue In Her Honor |...
Essence· 7 days agoHundreds gathered in Akron, Ohio, on Wednesday to unveil the plaza and statue where the Universalist...
Sojourner Truth statue unveiled at the site of 1851 ‘Ain’t I a Woman?’ speech
theGrio via AOL· 6 days agoTruth, a formerly enslaved person, delivered the speech to a crowd gathered at the Universalist...
Community, history and remembrance: Juneteenth events throughout the Hudson Valley
Times Herald-Record via Yahoo News· 21 hours ago...p.m. at the Harambee Kingston African Cultural Headquarters, Kingston The all-day event will feature theatrical performances by local actors portraying Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth, as well as live music performances by Maxwell Kofi Donkor and the Sankofa Dancers & Drummers, Slam Allen,...
An African American holiday predating Juneteenth was nearly lost to history. It's back.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 days ago“It really does function as a way for the slaves to perform their true selves, their true...
The upside-down American flag goes mainstream as a form of right-wing protest
WUSF 89.7· 5 days agoAfter former President Donald Trump’s historic felony conviction, many of his supporters protested...
What the statue of a kneeling enslaved man in the Emancipation Memorial of 1876 tells us about its ...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe image of a kneeling person in chains was first used in a seal commissioned by the Committee for...
Here’s what I tell teachers about how to teach young students about slavery
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 days agoFew issues are as difficult to deal with in the classroom as slavery in the US. Here, a professor...
Alicia Keys, Linda Twine, and Maxine Williams Will Be Honored at the 2024 Black Theatre United Gala
Broadway World· 3 days agoBlack Theatre United will host its second annual Gala on Monday, September 30, 2024 at the Ziegfeld...