I'm Black and for Hillary. Get Over It. Mar 20, 2008
Like Sojourner Truth said years ago, "Ain't I a woman?" Doesn't that side of me deserve attention too. I've traveled this election's campaign trail on assignment Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina and I've been moved, touched and inspired by the new fervor for politics everywhere, but I've also been saddened. (Slate)
President and Mrs. Bush Celebrate Women's History Month and International Women's Day Mar 15, 2008
Pioneers like Amelia Earhart, suffragists like Sojourner Truth, healers like Clara Barton, writers like Harriet Beecher Stowe. These women have helped our nation live up to its ideals of liberty and justice for all. (White House News Releases)
Judkins reenacts Civil War Mar 8, 2008
While widely recognized historical figures such as Lincoln, Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth were represented, lesser-known figures, such as Elizabeth Keckley, were also thrown into the mix. Keckley, a former slave, served as the dressmaker and close confidant of first lady Mary Lincoln, and was instrumental in introducing black abolitionists to President Lincoln. (Santa Maria Times)
Jessup celebrates cultural pride Mar 3, 2008
Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Rosa Parks: each one of these historical figures made a strong impression on the students at Jessup about cultural pride and harmony ... Another student, Elizabeth, was preparing to play the recorder in a skit about Sojourner Truth, an anti-slavery and women s rights activist ... Calandra Crout, student council advisor, was going to portray Sojourner Truth in Friday s program and hoped to give the children a sense of relevancy and... (Pasadena Citizen, TX)
Heartthrob: ShaRonda Saxon Mar 1, 2008
Proudest accomplishments/honors/awards: "Who's Who Among American Students," Most Improved Player (volleyball), National Sojourner Truth Award (JROTC), Scottish Award (JROTC), All-Region Award (volleyball), passed the HSAP. Birthday: Aug. 20, 1990. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
African American Parents Feb 28, 2008
So you know who is GWC; now do you know who is Charles Drew, Sojourner Truth, A. B. Simon or Jonas Henderson, Dr. Brown, who was run out of N.I.. Not in books. (New Iberia, LA)
Campus hosts closing events for Black History Month Feb 28, 2008
The women included are Zora Neale Hurston, Sojourner Truth, Clementine Hunter and Fannie Lou Hamer. According to "Modern History Sourcebook," the play gets its name from a speech made by Sojourner Truth in 1851 at the Women's Convention in Akron, Ohio. (The University Echo, TN)
HAROLD JACKSON: Harry S. Truman, yes, black history icon Feb 20, 2008
Call: (800) 877-3400. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Re-enactor chaplain spreads the healing word Feb 17, 2008
He said in 1863 when it looked like the English were going to offer help to the Confederate states, the Federalists, with Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth and other leaders encouraging the president, gave the blacks a try as soldiers. Pierce, who is black, said blacks represent about 5 percent of all re-enactors and black re-enactors are in demand. (Lake City Reporter, FL)
Black History celebrated Feb 15, 2008
NILES - Much is known about the painting of Sojourner Truth and Abraham Lincoln that hangs in the Main Corridor of the Niles District Library, but little has been known about the artist Lottie Wilson. Nelson Hill, a relative of Lottie Wilson, will present the results of recent research in a program honoring Lottie on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 6 p.m. in the Rotunda of the Niles District Library. (Niles Star, MI)
Building a strong community at MizpahPosted 4 hours, 18 minutes ago. Feb 13, 2008
His Wall of Respect included portraits of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Eldridge Cleaver, Marcus Garvey, Charles Lloyd, Stokely Carmichael, Leroy Jones, Claudia Stewart, Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, and H. Rap Brown. There was also a black Christ painted there. (Lima News, OH)
Read more... Feb 13, 2008
As the Center of both religious and civic activity, the African Meeting House played host to giants in the Abolitionist Movement including William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, John Brown, Lewis Hayden, Sojourner Truth and many more. In celebration of the 200th anniversary of this majestic building, the Museum of African American History launched a major restoration that is critical to its preservation. (PNN Online)
Black History Month: Celebrating a People of Courage Feb 13, 2008
Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass succeeded despite a society held down by slavery. Benjamin Mays, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Fannie Lou Hamer inspired a nation held down by segregation to move toward hope. (The New Hampshire, NH)
Month-long heritage celebration begins today Feb 1, 2008
From historical activists like Sojourner Truth to modern-day political figures like Barack Obama and Colin Powell, black Americans have for years worked tirelessly toward establishing racial equality and continue to pave the way for all who follow. Since its inception in 1976, Black History Month has been designated to celebrate black entertainers, artists, writers, athletes, musicians, scientists, educators, activists, political figures and leaders who have overcome obstacles to make a... (Lenoir News Topic, NC)
Dr. King Brings Out Best In Queens Jan 25, 2008
Friday January 25, 2008. Students from across the city gathered to spend time with patients at the St. Albans Veterans Affairs hospital. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Steak Shapiro takes on Kincade Jan 24, 2008
Ask radio writer about what's new around metro Atlanta. The entry titled "1/23: Steak Shapiro rants about John Kincade," and any of the comments about it. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
HAROLD JACKSON: Obama restores ideal of America Jan 23, 2008
Our subject choices ranged from King and Malcolm X to Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Some on the list were innovators, inventors or athletes whose success inspired blacks, including George Washington Carver, Langston Hughes, Charles Drew, James Weldon Johnson, Percy Julian, Jesse Owens, Louis Armstrong. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
New Yorkers breathe new life into MLK's dream Jan 21, 2008
"King awakened the nation to problems black people were having, and our young folks don't even know about it," said Rev. James Artis head pastor of the Sojourner Truth AME Zion church in St. Albans, which is hosting a street clean up and food drive today for area residents. "You have to take a stand, or it becomes just another holiday where people do nothing," said Artis, who marched with King in the March on Washington in August of 1963. (Newsday -- New York City)
A good evening to honor Langella Jan 20, 2008
For three years, Gianvito, who teaches visual and media studies at Emerson College, filmed monuments to American radicals including Sojourner Truth, Medgar Evers, and Susan B. Anthony and movements including the Bread and Roses Strike in Lawrence. "There are no interviews, no voice-over," wrote Mark Feeney in a Globe review last November. (Boston Globe)
Let's honor those who fought the good fight Jan 20, 2008
Sojourner Truth, a slave, spokeswoman for abolition, women's rights and temperance: "It is the mind that makes the body.". Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, humanitarian and Union Army spy: "I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.". (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Slam-dunk Santas Dec 12, 2007
Tomei, for example, will portray a Lowell mill girl on strike in the 1830s; Glover will read the words of abolitionist Frederick Douglass; Brolin will be Mark Twain commenting on the Philippine-American War; and Washington will read the words of abolitionist Sojourner Truth. And how about this. (Boston Globe)
John Gianvito's ''Profit motive'' is a hushed, hypnotic history Nov 29, 2007
They include Anne Hutchinson, Mary Dyer, Thomas Paine, Daniel Shays, John Brown, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony. The most expressive image in the film is the unmarked grave of Uriah Smith Stephens, a cofounder of the Knights of Labor. (Boston Globe)
'Rebel' With A Cause Nov 26, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007 Last Update: 08:40 AM EST. November 26, 2007 -- 'I start from the supposition that the world is topsy-turvy, that things are all wrong. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Local Author to sign new book "Black Men Built The Capitol" at Ida B. Wells Museum in Holly Springs Nov 17, 2007
However, two statues are in the planning stages for eventual display in the Capitol, one of civil rights icon Rosa Parks and the other of abolitionist Sojourner Truth ... - Sojourner Truth was the most famous resident of an African American village, Freedman's Village, that was torn down and replaced with parts of Arlington National Cemetery. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
More of this story Nov 4, 2007
After the Friday night dinner, a wall of fame featuring accomplished African-Americans like Mohammed Ali and Sojourner Truth will be rededicated as a Booker T. Washington wall of fame. The new wall in the main lobby of the center will include Collins Hinton, who helped secure funding for the construction of the current center building as chairman of the board in the 1970s. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Democrats Clinton, Biden, Obama speak at black women's dinner Oct 15, 2007
She invoked the names of Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks, and said that because of what Parks did "the rest of us could stand a little more proudly.". She reiterated her sentiment that while she's excited about "the possibility of being the first woman president in the history of our country, but I tell you, I'm not running because I'm a woman.". (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Bennett Corrects Blitzer on Limbaugh Oct 5, 2007
One quote, from Nancy Gibbs in the October 21, 1991 edition of Time magazine, shows the absurdity of claiming Hill suffered "withering" scrutiny: "And then there was Anita Hill, the poised daughter of so many generations of black women who have been burned carrying torches into the battle for principle. The cause of civil rights and social justice has so often fallen to them to defend. Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth were slaves by birth, freedom fighters by temperament. Rosa Parks was a... (MediaResearch.org)
Reading highlights: Author, historian Garry Wills UCB, Sep. 20 Sep 21, 2007
"An Ex-Slave's Use of Photography: Sojourner Truth's Cartes-de-visite," a class taught by Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby, an associate professor of art history, about the life and photography of well-known abolitionist and women's rights advocate Sojourner Truth, who once met Lincoln. "Garry Wills' 'Lincoln at Gettysburg,'" a class led by Richard Hutson, associate professor of English, that explores Wills' book as well as other Lincoln speeches and letters. (University of California Newswire, CA)
Peoria woman's book tracks spirituality of brave women Aug 22, 2007
Her favorite featured in the book is Sojourner Truth, a former slave turned abolitionist, preacher and advocate of women's rights ... "When I first thought about writing this book, there were three people I said would be in the book - Sojourner Truth, Mother Teresa and Corrie Ten Boom.". (AZCentral -- News)
US Senator Enstooled Aug 3, 2007
Others included the "Joseph P. Gavrin Memorial Award for Personal Achievement and Contributions to the community by the Westchester Co-Op"; the "Sojourner Truth Racial Justice Award"; the Harriet Tubman Humanitarian Achievement Award" and many more. Furthermore, she became an "ardent advocate and successfully, persuading members of both the public and private sectors to increase economic participation with minority and women owned businesses". Addressing a durbar on Wednesday at the Akwamufie... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Readers, including clergy, are encouraged to respond to questions posted in A Question of Faith. Responses should be no more than 100 words and must be received by noon Wednesday. Readers may respond by calling 410-857-3320 or e-mailing faithquestion@carrollcounty times.com. Jul 25, 2007
Yes, when the Tutsi minister was asked if he had any Hutus hidden in his house; when those who hid Jews during the Nazi regime were asked if they had any Jews hidden in their house; when Sojourner Truth was asked if she was participating in the Underground Railroad. - Patricia Roop Robinson. (Carroll County Times, MD)
Miss Black Orangeburg Apr 19, 2007
The pageant was also a tribute to Sojourner Truth, former slave, abolitionist, preacher and womens rights advocate. The Miss Black Teen Orangeburg USA 2007 also took place during the program. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Off the page and into the eyes of a child Apr 11, 2007
Christie's work has shown up in such books as rothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan and nly Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth. Both have received the Coretta Scott King Award. (Wood River Journal, ID)
Miss Ebonette Scholarship Pageant 2007 set for April 7 Apr 5, 2007
She will be performing a monologue called, "Ain't I a Woman" from Sojourner Truth. Tieisha Triplett is the daughter of Tonya Simmon and Chris White. (Louisville Winston County Journal, MS)
Out with the normal and in with what speaks to us Apr 4, 2007
Since, he has received the Coretta Scott King Award two more times for rothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan and nly Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth. He also has received two Certificate of Excellence awards from the New York Times for ne of the Year's Best Illustrated Children's Books for nly Passing Through and tars in the Darkness, a children's book promoting gang prevention. (Wood River Journal, ID)
What Women Have Done to Art Mar 24, 2007
Along each of its sides are 13 place settings--think Christ and his 12 disciples--each assigned to a significant woman from legend or history, from "the primordial goddess" to Sojourner Truth and Georgia O'Keeffe. The table rests on a triangular white ceramic-tile floor that bears the names of another 999 women painted in gold. (Time.com)
Children's illustrator to reveal the tricks of the trade Mar 21, 2007
One of the books, nly Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth, is about Sojourner Truth's crusade against slavery. The other, tars in the Darkness, is a story by Barbara Joosse about a little boy's attempt to save his older brother from a gang. (Wood River Journal, ID)
From Ben Franklin to MLK, a glorious marathon of oratory Mar 19, 2007
Sojourner Truth and Chief Joseph each get one. Webster, whose collected speeches fill six volumes, rates three here, each evocative and important, though it might have been nice to have included his appeal to the Supreme Court in the Dartmouth College Case. (Boston Globe)
How Black and White Elites Benefit from Slavery Mar 18, 2007
Height spoke at an event celebrating legislation requiring a statue of 19th century women's rights and anti-slavery activist Sojourner Truth be sculpted and placed permanently in the United States Capitol. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES). (Townhall.com)
Simien Discusses Gender, Race Mar 16, 2007
In addition to highlighting the lives and works of women vital to the black feminist movement, including Anna Julia Cooper, Sojourner Truth, Nannie Helen Burroughs and Francis E.W. Harper, Simien also showed how to identify a black feminist. From 1993 to 1994, and again from 2004 to 2005, Simien conducted a survey of black adults, asking them specific questions about their attitudes toward black feminist consciousness. (The Daily Campus, CT)
Actress brings female Buffalo Soldier's story to life Mar 14, 2007
- Sojourner Truth who lived from 1797 to 1883 and was an ex-slave, abolitionist and women s rights advocate. - Harriet Tubman called the Moses of her people for smuggling blacks out of the south using the underground railroad. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Flaherty: New Orleans Community Mar 8, 2007
Other community spaces were part of public housing developments such as the Sojourner Truth Center, which hosted a 2005 performance tour sponsored by INCITE Women Of Color Against Violence. The Sojourner Truth Center is located inside the Lafitte, and remains closed along with the nearby apartments. (Zmag.org)
Listening and Nodding, Clinton Shapes ’08 Image Mar 7, 2007
At a Capitol Hill ceremony in February to honor Sojourner Truth, the 19th-century slave turned abolitionist, Mrs. Clinton enveloped a series of women in hugs ... She invoked Sojourner Truth;s iconic quotation, ;Ain;t I a woman. (Foster's Daily Democrat)
Clinton shapes tough and tender image in '08 race Mar 7, 2007
At a Capitol Hill ceremony in February to honor Sojourner Truth, the 19th-century slave turned abolitionist, Clinton enveloped a series of women in hugs ... She invoked Sojourner Truth's iconic quotation, "Ain't I a woman?" and added, "Well, I've been saying that a few times lately, too.". (Michigan Daily)
Women's History Month, 2007 Mar 1, 2007
Sojourner Truth, Alice Stone Blackwell, and Julia Ward Howe opened doors for future generations of women by advancing the cause of women's voting rights and helping make America a more equitable place. In 1855, Dr. Mary E. Walker became one of the first female physicians in the country. (White House News Releases)
More of this story» Mar 1, 2007
She also provided the narratives and introduced Muhammad, as she changed into Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman. Ball-Daniel portrayed Rosa Parks and Elizabeth Eckford. (Cassopolis Vigilant, MI)
13 black women honored for work Feb 28, 2007
Others sang, played musical instruments or read historical passages written by leaders like Sojourner Truth. Sathilda Allen read Pearl Cleage's poem, e Speak Your Names. (Lumberton The Robesonian, NC)
Black History comes to life in Warsaw Feb 28, 2007
In the late 1880s Tubman also worked in the suffragette movement and knew Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony and other women fighting for women's votes at the time. Cassie Holtke and Jessie Kingman, both fifth grade students at Keokuk Christian Academy, were impressed by the presentation. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Why A Candidate's Religion Matters Feb 26, 2007
As to a candidates' qualifications and gender: "If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down, all alone - these together ought to be able to turn it back and get it right side up again; and they is asking to do it. The men better let 'em." (Sojourner Truth 1851) as cited in Beyond God the Father, (Daly, page 98). Bush is simply following the same evasive path as Pontius Pilate did. (Suite101.com)
Ladies Night Feb 21, 2007
One part that will be performed, from "The Spirit of A Woman," is a tribute to women such as Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony. The piece, entitled, "Sit Down Sister," is an adaptation of the original soul song, celebrating womanhood. (Up & Coming Magazine, NC)
Clinton offers contract to S.C. endorser Feb 16, 2007
Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, right, and others, stand beside an image of abolitionist Sojourner Truth during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, February 15, 2007. Clinton is the co-sponsor of a new law that recognizes Truth's contributions to U.S. history by requiring that a bust of her be placed in a "suitable, permanent location in the Capitol.". (Bakersfield Californian -- Politics)
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I am Harriet Beecher Stowe, Susan B. Anthony, Helen Keller, Eleanor Roosevelt, Lady Bird Johnson, Nancy Reagan, and Hillary Clinton; but I am also the black Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman struggling to abolish slavery. I am Leontyne Price, Marian Anderson, Whitney Houston and Jennifer Hudson singing; Shirley Chisholm running for President; Barbara Jordan speaking; Condoleezza Rice negotiating; and Coretta Scott King working to keep the dream alive. (Kansas City Kansan, KS)
Historic abolitionist comes to life Feb 9, 2007
HARDING TWP. The tragedy and triumphs of abolitionist and women s rights advocate Sojourner Truth were brought to the middle school on Thursday, Feb. 1 ... The Sojourner Truth program was presented by Washington Productions and was sponsored by the Harding Township Educational Foundation, the independent non-profit organization that raises funds to go towards programs for students, and other resources ... Students were prepared for the performance, as Harding Township fifth grade teacher Lisbeth... (Madison Eagle, NJ)
Right people, wrong question Feb 7, 2007
Sojourner Truth famously warned that this division would cripple the movement for decades to come and it did. Only a half-century later did white and black women get the vote, by then tarnished by the racist rhetoric of some white women and diminished by racist restrictions and violence at polls. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
AROUND THE VALLEY Feb 6, 2007
The American Association of University Women, in conjunction with the Nevada Humanities Committee, will present Kim Russell in a Chautauqua presentation as "Sojourner Truth: Feminist, Preacher, Former Slave." The Black History Month program will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the Main Street Station Social Hall, 200 Main St. Reservations are needed (594-2929). CAR SEAT CHECKS. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Life)
Things to Do, People to See: Illinois Offers an Array of Options During Black History Month Feb 3, 2007
The museum, which immerses guests in the experiences of pre-Civil War America, features: * The Slave Auction, a compelling depiction of a family being divided * A re-creation of the White House kitchen, where visitors can listen as African-American workers of that era whisper about the possibility of emancipation; * The Illusion Corridor, where visitors experience anti-abolitionists brashly denouncing Lincoln's stance on slavery * Life-like figures of Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth... (PR Newswire)
Baked goods, books will be for sale Feb 3, 2007
Longton will return next month to talk about the book "Sojourner Truth" at 6:30 p.m. March 29. That event, which is geared toward adults, is being held in conjunction Women's History Month. (The News-Herald)
John Brown Among 4 Named to National Abolition Hall of Fame Feb 1, 2007
This year's class of inductees also includes Sojourner Truth, Lydia Maria Child, and Wendell Phillips. Induction ceremonies will be held October 20 at Colgate University in Madison County. (FOX23 News, NY)
ECU Notes: ECU, PCC students teaming up for design competition Jan 29, 2007
The 16 women Mani profiled are Anne Hutchinson; Abigail Adams; the Grimke sisters; Sojourner Truth; Susan B. Anthony; Lucretia Mott; Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Lucy Stone; Harriet Tubman; Jane Addams; Carrie Chapman Catt; Alice Paul; Ida B. Wells-Barnett; Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton; and Sen. (The Daily Reflector)
more » Jan 24, 2007
celebrates the life and times of four powerful African American women: renowned novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, ex-slave and fiery abolitionist Sojourner Truth, exuberant folk artist Clementine Hunter, and fervent civil rights worker Fannie Lou Hamer. The musical score is drawn from the heartfelt spirituals and blues of the Deep South, the urban vitality of the Jazz Age, and contemporary concert music by African Americans. (Searcy Daily Citizen, AR)
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You have a section about: Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, and it says this is what happened to them and it was bad. hen there's a part on the Emancipation Proclamation and everything was okay. (Freeport Journal-Standard, IL)
