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 ...

Another giant Navy oiler named for a civil rights icon — the future USNS Sojourner Truth — was christened and launched Saturday night at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in Barrio Logan. The ...

Nov. 26—Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation Tuesday to establish Nov. 26 as Sojourner Truth Day in New York to honor the legendary abolitionist and women's rights advocate who was born in Ulster ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO — The future USNS Sojourner Truth was christened on Saturday by a descendant of the 19th-century civil rights activist at General Dynamics NASSCO. The T-AO 210 was built for the U.S. Navy, ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — The city and SUNY New Paltz will unveil a Sojourner Truth statue at City Hall on Saturday, Sept 28, Mayor Steve Noble’s office announced Thursday. A viewing opening for the “Sojourner ...

1850: The autobiography of abolitionist Sojourner Truth (1797-1883), formerly an enslaved woman and originally Isabella Van Wagener. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images) Truth, a former slave and one of ...

On May 25, 2025, a crowd gathered at the Sojourner Truth statue in Florence for a moving ceremony to honor six high school graduating seniors with the Sojourner Truth Social Justice Award for their ...

*Most people saw the illustration but did not understand that Google was honoring a women rights activist and abolitionist. The woman in the illustration was Sojourner Truth. Google kicked off Black ...

Hundreds of walkers grinned and laughed Saturday as they ambled off under a multi-colored balloon archway in celebration of Gary’s Sojourner Truth House’s 26th annual fundraising walk. Led by Mayor ...

Special little turkeys graced Mansion Street in the City of Poughkeepsie on Nov. 25. A flock of around 470 students from kindergarten to second grade came out of Sojourner Truth Elementary School, ...

Drawing inspiration from her pentecostal upbringing, Sojourner Truth and a 1998 workshop retreat for African Americans, Prof. Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, English, wrote one of the three monologues in a ...