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 ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Ulster County is set to host an event welcoming the statue, “Sojourner Truth: First Step to Freedom,” to the County Office Building in the city on Friday, Aug. 15, according to an ...

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 ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Ulster County officials and public members gathered in Kingston on Friday to celebrate the new installation of a life-size Sojourner Truth sculpture. Formally titled ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A statue of Sojourner Truth sculpted by Woodrow Nash stands at the center of Sojourner Truth Plaza, which was dedicated during a ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - A plaza in honor of Sojourner Truth was unveiled Thursday, 173 years after her iconic ‘Ain’t I a Woman?’ speech. The plaza, in the same spot where the speech was delivered, ...

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 — 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 iconic 1851 ...