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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAGINAW, MI — About 150 years ago, an audience gathered in the basement of a church still standing today on Saginaw’s East Side to hear Sojourner Truth speak. Less than a decade after the adoption and ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Sojourner Truth Day on Nov. 26 will become a day of commemoration starting in 2025, officials announced during a ceremony unveiling a new historical marker at the Ulster County ...