M’lord … I didn’t know about this until a few days, until Rachel mentioned her!! And they was to censor history? … “Sojourner Truth was an African American abolitionist and women’s rights activist best-known for her speech on racial inequalities, “Ain’t I a Woman?”, delivered extemporaneously in 1851 at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention.”
Every year during this month celebrating Black History and those who made it happen, I try to highlight a few of the people who have made outstanding contributions in one area or another that had a positive effect on the nation and the people. There are so many to choose from that I’ll never run out, I think, although I do periodically redux one from a prior year. Today, though, I want to tell you a bit about a woman whose name you’ve certainly heard, but you may not know much about her – Sojourner Truth.
Who Was Sojourner Truth?
Sojourner Truth was an African American abolitionist and women’s rights activist best-known for her speech on racial inequalities, “Ain’t I a Woman?”, delivered extemporaneously in 1851 at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention.
Truth was born into slavery but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. She devoted…
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