Schleis, Paula.
The Truth About Sojourner / Paula Schleis. - Knight-Ridder, 2001. Sojourners, 2001. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Article 8. Global Issues, 1522-3221; .
This MARC record contains two articles. Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Originally Published: The Truth About Sojourner, May 27, 2001; pp. A1+. Originally Published: A Soul on Fire, Sept./Oct. 2001; pp. 42-45.
THE TRUTH ABOUT SOJOURNER -- "Motorists and pedestrians scurry past the county's Department of Human Services building on High Street without a second glance. Few slow down long enough to notice the small plaque that would have them remember that 150 years ago this very Tuesday [May 29, 2001], Akron [Ohio] hosted a chapter in human history. In a stone church that stood on this spot, an old black woman calling herself Sojourner Truth spoke at the 1851 Woman's Rights Convention." (AKRON BEACON JOURNAL) The author researches former slave Sojourner Truth's speech at the convention to clear up some misconceptions about what she actually said. A SOUL ON FILRE -- "This year [2001] marks the 150th anniversary of Sojourner Truth's famous 'Arn't I A Woman? speech." (SOUJOURNERS) This article asks: "What does this preacher, agitator, theologian, and ex-slave have to say to us today?".
1522-3221;
Truth, Sojourner, 1797-1883.
African American abolitionists.
African American women civil rights workers.
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Women abolitionists.
Women's rights.
AC1.S5
050
The Truth About Sojourner / Paula Schleis. - Knight-Ridder, 2001. Sojourners, 2001. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Article 8. Global Issues, 1522-3221; .
This MARC record contains two articles. Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Originally Published: The Truth About Sojourner, May 27, 2001; pp. A1+. Originally Published: A Soul on Fire, Sept./Oct. 2001; pp. 42-45.
THE TRUTH ABOUT SOJOURNER -- "Motorists and pedestrians scurry past the county's Department of Human Services building on High Street without a second glance. Few slow down long enough to notice the small plaque that would have them remember that 150 years ago this very Tuesday [May 29, 2001], Akron [Ohio] hosted a chapter in human history. In a stone church that stood on this spot, an old black woman calling herself Sojourner Truth spoke at the 1851 Woman's Rights Convention." (AKRON BEACON JOURNAL) The author researches former slave Sojourner Truth's speech at the convention to clear up some misconceptions about what she actually said. A SOUL ON FILRE -- "This year [2001] marks the 150th anniversary of Sojourner Truth's famous 'Arn't I A Woman? speech." (SOUJOURNERS) This article asks: "What does this preacher, agitator, theologian, and ex-slave have to say to us today?".
1522-3221;
Truth, Sojourner, 1797-1883.
African American abolitionists.
African American women civil rights workers.
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Women abolitionists.
Women's rights.
AC1.S5
050