She championed both abolition and women’s rights. And she wasn’t afraid to challenge advocates of either cause. The answer, according to Smith, is the moral complexity of Henson, a former plantation ...

Sojourner Truth was an outspoken abolitionist and women’s rights activist in the 19th century. In 1851, Truth delivered what is now recognized as one of the most famous women's rights speeches in ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared Tuesday, Nov. 26, “Sojourner Truth Day” in New York, signing new legislation to honor the legacy of the Ulster County-born abolitionist and ...

One of the few Black women I remember reading about in history class in the 1970s was Sojourner Truth. We learned that she was a former slave who delivered a famous speech, “Ain’t I a Woman?” The word ...

The facts of Sojourner Truth’s life are inspiring: Born into slavery in the late 1790s, she became an influential abolitionist and Pentecostal preacher, transfixing audiences from the mid 1840s ...

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 ...