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Site of first Battle Creek-area home of Sojourner Truth discovered at Denso facility
The Battle Creek Enquirer via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSojourner Truth is a part of the history of Battle Creek. We know that because of the location of...
Sojourner Truth’s desperate fight to save her son revealed in unearthed documents
NY Daily News via AOL· 2 years agoIn 1828, years before she took the name Sojourner Truth, a Black woman who had escaped slavery with...
Life of Sojourner Truth highlighted in Hudson Heritage Association's January meeting
Gannett via AOL· 5 months agoThe Hudson Heritage Association will highlight the life of Sojourner Truth at its Jan. 11 meeting....
Good things are happening in downtown Akron. Don't miss out | Editorial
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoThings are looking up in downtown Akron. There are new restaurants, a new Lock 3 park under...
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
Gannett via AOL· 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 ...
16 women throughout history who famously fought for equality
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs a tribute, women covered women's suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony's tombstone with "I Voted"...
United Way to dedicate green space to Sojourner Truth Legacy Plaza
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 10 months agoUnited Way of Summit and Medina has announced the future site in downtown Akron honoring abolitionist and women’s rights activist Isabella Baumfree, more popularly known as Sojourner Truth, ...
Women's group to focus on 'The Power of Women and the Vote' on July 31
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWomen’s Interfaith Spiritual Heritage (WISH) will hold a collective conversation on how women today...
History comes alive with Juneteenth event at Veterans Park in Painesville
The News-Herald, Willoughby, Ohio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 18—American abolitionist, author, speaker and women's rights activist Sojourner Truth may have died in 1883, but the embodiment of her spirit was on full display June 18 in Painesville ...