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  2. Sojourner Truth Project - Wikipedia

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    The original Sojourner Truth Project, constructed in 1942, contained 46 buildings. Of those, 26 were demolished in 1981, leaving only 20 remaining. In 1986 and 1987, 29 new buildings were constructed. The 20 original structures have been listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places. These buildings are masonry ...

  3. Akron's Sojourner Truth Plaza featured in March edition of ...

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    The Smithsonian magazine recently featured a 12-page spread on the Sojourner Truth Plaza, a project which will be open to the public in late May.

  4. Ohio Women's Convention at Akron in 1851 - Wikipedia

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    Truth was the only black woman in attendance at the conference and many of the other women present did not want her to speak. [4] Truth delivered the speech from the steps of the Old Stone Church, on the second day of the convention. [5] [6] It was published by journalist Marius Robinson in The Anti-Slavery Bugle on June 21, 1851. [7] [8]

  5. Georgia Ann Robinson - Wikipedia

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    Founded a shelter for women and girls (Sojourner Truth Home) Georgia Ann Robinson (née Hill ; May 12, 1879 – September 21, 1961) was an American police officer and community worker who was the first African American woman to be appointed a police officer at the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD); she was also one of the first Black ...

  6. Sojourner Truth statue unveiled at the site of 1851 ‘Ain’t I ...

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    Before taking the name Sojourner Truth, Isabella Bomfree was born into slavery in or around 1797 in the Hudson Valley. She walked away from the home of her final owner in 1826 with her infant ...

  7. Statue unveiled at the site where Sojourner Truth gave her ...

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    Towanda Mullins, chairperson of the Sojourner Truth Project-Akron, said the plaza will honor a piece of the country' ... She walked away from the home of her final owner in 1826 with her infant ...

  8. Sojourner Truth - Wikipedia

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    Truth started dictating her memoirs to her friend Olive Gilbert and in 1850 William Lloyd Garrison privately published her book, The Narrative of Sojourner Truth: a Northern Slave. [17] That same year, she purchased a home in Florence for $300 and spoke at the first National Women's Rights Convention in Worcester, Massachusetts.

  9. Life of Sojourner Truth highlighted in Hudson Heritage ... - AOL

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