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Sojourner Truth Finds a Permanent Home In Akron
Capital B via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoTowanda Mullins spent the morning of May 29 praying rainy weather would subside in time for the unveiling of a plaza and statue in honor of activist ...
Sojourner Truth House Walk has raised more than $1.8 million over past 25 years
The Times of Northwest Indiana· 3 days agoThe Sojourner Truth House has raised more than $1.8 million from more than 5,871 donors over the...
Sojourner Truth Legacy Plaza and Statue opens to public - Akron.com
West Side Leader & South Side News Leader· 7 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· 7 days agoHistorian Nell Irvin Painter, the author of an acclaimed biography of Sojourner Truth, will visit...
Review | Nell Irvin Painter’s understanding of America is beautiful and bracing. We should listen.
Washington Post· 17 hours agoFrom the opening sentences of her new collection, “I Just Keep Talking: A Life in Essays,” historian...
55 empowering Juneteenth quotes that capture the true meaning of the holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days ago“You need not be afraid to give us our rights for fear we will take too much — for we can’t take...
What the statue of a kneeling enslaved man in the Emancipation Memorial of 1876 tells us about its...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe image of a kneeling person in chains was first used in a seal commissioned by the Committee for...
Community, history and remembrance: Juneteenth events throughout the Hudson Valley
Times Herald-Record via Yahoo News· 6 days ago...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, the...
Book review: "Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment"
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 4 days agoA relatively young nation, the United States holds a counterintuitive distinction as the world’s...
TRANSFORM: First Church seeks volunteers and projects for August mission
The Williamsport Sun-Gazette· 5 days ago“God’s Servants” will again be at work in the community this summer as First Church gears up for...