Sojourner Truth

What "Liberty/Liberté" Tells Us About Slavery, Black History, and Raw Nerves

Louise Mirrer | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: American Revolution, Sojourner Truth, George Washington, Modern Art, Slavery, Venice Biennale, Founding Fathers, Fred Wilson, Toussaint L?Ouverture, Napoleon Bonaparte, Black Voices News
Louise Mirrer

Why has a work by the African-American artist Fred Wilson -- an installation piece that riffs on the topic by assembling authentic slave shackles, slave chains and Revolutionary-era icons -- been such a sore point with critics? We must have struck a raw nerve.

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Ain't I a Woman?

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Gender Equality, Women's Rights, International Women's Day Centennial, International Women's Day 2011, Sojourner Truth, International Women's Day, Healthy Living News
Marian Wright Edelman

When taunted while speaking in favor of women's rights by some white men who asked if she was really a woman, Sojourner bared her breasts and famously retorted, "Ain't I a woman?"

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Publisher Drops 'Inflammatory Words' from Huck Finn

Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Huckleberry Finn, New York Times, Racism, Sojourner Truth, Nigger, Race, Mark Twain, Censorship, Education News
Alan Singer

If discussions about race and racism are dropped based on the edited version of Twain's Huck Fin, it would be an educational tragedy.

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No Excuses

Ellen Snortland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Women's History Project, Dolores Huerta, Sojourner Truth, Gender Discrimination, Gloria Feldt, Impact News
Ellen Snortland

We all have excuses for why we haven't accomplished this or that. This is the case with many aspects of the most important revolution on the planet: the end of gender domination.

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The Women's Deliberation Movement

Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shelley Hendrix Reynolds

In this era, we can no longer afford for deliberation, defined as "leisureliness of movement or action; slowness" to define us as women.

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Rebirth or Dungeon? Inside a Notorious DC High School

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Brown

I visited the Sojourner Truth Academy for ninth-graders on Friday, June 18. When I asked a student who gave me a tour of the building what the best part of school was for him, he told me: "the teachers... but they're all leaving."

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A Prayer

Reverend Billy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reverend Billy

Aung San Sun Kyi, Nelson Mandela, Chief Joseph, Harvey Milk -- teach us! Revolution aint what it used to be.

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Want Equal Rights? The Truth Is - Just Take Them!

Gloria Feldt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gloria Feldt

International Women's Day started as a movement for better working conditions and voting rights. Now it's up to today's women to finish the job -- no excuses if we don't.

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Michelle Obama Honors Sojourner Truth, Wears Striped Skirt (PHOTOS)

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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*Scroll down for slideshow* WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday reflected on her own family's rise from slavery to the White Hous...

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Tavis Smiley's Big Day

Karen Ocamb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Gays, LGBT Politics, HIV/AIDS, State of the Black Union, Tavis Smiley, Sojourner Truth, Dr. Kevin Fenton, James Baldwin, Michael Eric Dyson, Barack Obama, The Williams Institute, Phill Wilson, Media News
Karen Ocamb

Gay and bisexual black men in California have household incomes that are 44 percent lower than their heterosexual counterparts.

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Barack Obama and the Promise of Progress

Paul Brandeis Raushenbush | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Progressives, Christian Progressives, Martin Luther King Jr., Progressive Movement, Race, Center for American Progress, Barack Obama, Religon and Progress, Religion, Sojourner Truth, Progress, Conservatives, W.E.B. Dubois, Social Conservative, Christian Conservatives, Sin, Racism, Religion and Politics, Rosa Parks, Frederick Douglass, Politics News
Paul Brandeis Raushenbush

The progressive movement throughout the last century has enlisted political leaders, economists, educators, and clergy who strive to create a more equitable world, a task we believe is possible.

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