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Sojourner Truth risked everything to win freedom for her family

Her life story highlights a mother’s courage, sacrifice and relentless fight to reunite her children, writes Mike Suhre.
KINGSTON, N.Y. — “Sojourner Truth: From Slavery to Freedom,” a spring break kick-off event for youth and families, is set for Thursday, April 10, according to an announcement. The event will begin at ...
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 ...
A new statue of the abolitionist Sojourner Truth is now on view at Kingston City Hall. The bronze sculpture by artist Trina Greene, called “Sojourner Truth: First Step to Freedom,” depicts Truth as ...
PORT EWEN, N.Y. — Over a hundred people gathered at the Esopus Town Hall in the hamlet on Saturday for the sixth Sojourner Truth Life Walk, commemorating the life of the Ulster County-born activist ...
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — New legislation has been introduced in Lansing to rename the Battle Creek Post Office after an American abolitionist,Sojourner Truth. Lawmakers are looking to change the name to ...