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Art of the Month
Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth was born Isabella Baumfree in 1797 – November 26, 1883) was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women’s rights, and alcohol temperance. She was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son in 1828, she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man.
She changed her name to Sojourner Truth in 1843 after she became convinced that God had called her to leave the city and go into the countryside “testifying to the hope that was in her.” Her best-known speech was delivered extemporaneously, in 1851, at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. The speech became widely known during the Civil War by the title “Ain’t I a Woman?”
She worked as an abolitionist championing freedom until the Civil War. During the war, she helped recruit soldiers. She spent the rest of life speaking on equal rights.
She died November 1883 at her home in Battle Creek.
Postcards, Prints and Posters
In 2025 I will be creating postcards and prints that tell African American stories. This month, it starts with chattel slavery. I have a postcard with hands chained together. The captured people looked up. This was their view…They looked up. This image is called Homage because I dedicated it Aaron Douglas, a painter from the Harlem Renaissance who captured African American life. This postcard is $5
Road Scholar Presentation
I will be presenting More Than A Color at Streator Public Library on Friday 21, 2025 at 4pm.
Postcards and Prints
In 2025 I will be creating postcards and prints that tell African American stories.
This month, it starts with chattel slavery. I have a postcard with hands chained together. The captured people looked up. This was their view…They looked up.
This image is called Homage because I dedicated it Aaron Douglas, a painter from the Harlem Renaissance who captured African American life. This postcard is $5
Art of the Month
The imaage below is titled Walked Off
She said she was not a runaway slave. She walked off.
Sojourner Truth was born Isabella Baumfree in 1797 – November 26, 1883) was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women’s rights, and alcohol temperance. She was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son in 1828, she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man.
She changed her name to Sojourner Truth in 1843 after she became convinced that God had called her to leave the city and go into the countryside “testifying to the hope that was in her.” Her best-known speech was delivered extemporaneously, in 1851, at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. The speech became widely known during the Civil War by the title “Ain’t I a Woman?”
Coming This Sunday
I will be presenting More Than A Color on Sunday February 9 at the Skokie Heritage Museum at 4:30pm.
Postcards, Prints and Posters
In 2025 I will be creating postcards and prints that tell African American stories. This month, it starts with chattel slavery. I have a postcard with hands chained together. The captured people looked up. This was their view…They looked up. This image is called Homage because I dedicated it Aaron Douglas, a painter from the Harlem Renaissance who captured African American life. This postcard is $5.
Art of the Month
Sojourner Truth was born Isabella Baumfree in 1797 and was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women’s rights, and alcohol temperance. She was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son in 1828, she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man. She changed her name to Sojourner Truth in 1843 after she became convinced that God had called her to leave the city and go into the countryside “testifying to the hope that was in her.” Her best-known speech was delivered extemporaneously, in 1851, at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. The speech became widely known during the Civil War by the title “Ain’t I a Woman?” She died November 26, 1883,
Black History Month
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