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Life of Sojourner Truth highlighted in Hudson Heritage Association's January meeting
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Hudson Heritage Association will highlight the life of Sojourner Truth at its Jan. 11 meeting....
Sojourner Truth won court fight to free her son 200 years ago; how to see uncovered documents
Poughkeepsie Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 1828, years before she took the name Sojourner Truth, a Black woman who had escaped slavery with...
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...
Akron's Sojourner Truth Plaza featured in March edition of Smithsonian magazine
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAkron's Sojourner Truth Project and Legacy Plaza has made its way into the national spotlight as a project that highlights Women's History Month, a commemoration held in March every year. Smithsonian ...
First portrait of Black Americans arrives at Mechanics Hall to be installed in March
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMechanics Hall received a special delivery Monday when the first paining of its Portraits Project...
Painting history: Mechanics Hall readies new portraits of four 19th century Black leaders
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWhen respected cultural advocate Gloria D. Hall was honored with an arts and humanities award in a...
Truth Hall, FAMU’s last standing residence hall named after a woman, comes tumbling down
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe land under FAMU’s last historic women’s residence hall, named after abolitionist and women’s...
Could a Battle Creek post office soon bear the name of famed abolitionist Sojourner Truth?
Gannett via AOL· 3 months agoU.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow have introduced legislation to designate the post office at 90 S McCamly St. as the “Sojourner Truth Post Office.”
Duquesne University students upset after teacher used racial slur during lecture
WPXI via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDuquesne University students are upset after a teacher used a racial slur during a lecture. One...
Six injured in shooting near four Oakland schools
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSix adults were injured Wednesday at a school surrounded by three others in Oakland, Calif., according to local officials. “Today’s gun violence at...