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Hace 5 días · At the 1851 Women’s Rights Convention held in Akron, Ohio, Truth delivered what is now recognized as one of the most famous abolitionist and women’s rights speeches in American history, “Ain’t I...
Hace 5 días · Ideas of intersectionality can be dated back to a famous speech by Sojourner Truth who, at the Ohio Women’ Convention in 1851 at Akron, Ohio, urged her feminist audience to acknowledge her identity both as a Black person and a woman.
Hace 4 días · Moderator’s Note: We inadvertently left out the photos from Beth’s posts on Sojourner Truth. The photos, all by themselves, pack an emotional punch and so we want to be sure they can be seen. These are Beth’s photos from Sojourner Truth Legacy Plaza in Akron, Ohio. You can see Beth’s posts here. Part 1 and Part 2.
Hace 5 días · Jun 28, 2024. The Sojourner Truth Legacy Plaza is open from dusk to dawn, and is privately owned and operated by United Way of Summit & Medina. Access to the Plaza and adjoining indoor space: The outdoor plaza is open to the public. Community members, students and visitors are free to come and go as they please during plaza hours.
Hace 5 días · In the 1860s, Sojourner Truth articulated Black women’s simultaneous oppression through classism, racism, and sexism (aka “Triple oppression”; Boyce Davies, 2008). Thirty years after she defined intersectionality, Time Magazine asked Crenshaw, “You introduced intersectionality more than 30 years ago.
Hace 1 día · Black people were denied vanilla ice cream every day except July 4th. This is ironic considering an enslaved man, Edmond Albius , revolutionized the cultivation of vanilla, in the first place. Maya Angelou wrote, "People in Stamps used to say that the whites in our town were so prejudiced that a Negro couldn't buy vanilla ice cream.
Hace 4 días · Isabella Baumfree, later known as Sojourner Truth, was born into slavery in 1797 in Ulster County, New York, though Truth herself wasn't precisely sure of the exact year. Her birth occurred in the midst of a time when slavery was deeply entrenched in American society.
