AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Hundreds gathered in an Ohio city on Wednesday to unveil a plaza and statue dedicated to abolitionist Sojourner Truth at the very spot where the women’s rights pioneer gave an ...

The site where abolitionist Sojourner Truth delivered her iconic “Ain’t I a Woman? in 1851 now has a statue and plaza dedicated in her honor. Hundreds gathered in Akron, Ohio, on Wednesday to unveil ...

SAN DIEGO — The future USNS Sojourner Truth was christened on Saturday by a descendant of the 19th-century civil rights activist at General Dynamics NASSCO. The T-AO 210 was built for the U.S. Navy, ...

After decades of planning, several hundred people remembered the impact of the abolitionist’s courage and wisdom at the Sojourner Truth Legacy Plaza’s dedication Wednesday night in Akron. “What a ...

Akron'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. “We were ...

A statue of women’s rights pioneer Sojourner Truth sits in the Sojourner Truth Legacy Plaza in Akron, Ohio, on Wednesday. Hundreds gathered Wednesday to unveil a plaza and statue dedicated to Truth at ...

The Sojourner Truth statue was unveiled in a ceremony in Akron on May 29, 2024. Akron officials unveiled a new landmark commemorating a well-known Sojourner Truth speech Wednesday — 173 years since ...

AKRON, Ohio – The Sojourner Truth Education Committee is hosting a community event to commemorate the first anniversary of the Sojourner Truth Legacy Plaza. The event is scheduled for May 29, the date ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Dozens came out to celebrate Sojourner Truth Day at the abolitionist and suffragette’s namesake state park spanning Kingston and the town of Ulster on Saturday. The celebration, the ...

“I will not allow my life’s light to be determined by the darkness around me,” a quote by Truth reads on a pillar of the monument AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Hundreds gathered in an Ohio city on Wednesday to ...

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Hundreds gathered in an Ohio city on Wednesday to unveil a plaza and statue dedicated to abolitionist Sojourner Truth at the very spot where the women’s rights pioneer gave an ...