Sojourner Truth

Authors

90.9 WMPG FM

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Description

WMPG celebrates the lives of Black men and women throughout the month of February. Born into slavery in New York, Sojourner Truth escaped to freedom with her infant daughter in 1826. She became one of the first Black women to go to court against a White man and win her case. Her 1850 autobiography, “Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave” became a catalyst for abolition and her famous speech, “Ain’t I a Woman” is still acknowledged as a powerful argument for women’s rights.

Publisher

90.9 WMPG FM

City

Portland, Maine

Keywords

Advocate, Black History Month

Disciplines

African American Studies | Africana Studies | African History | American Art and Architecture | American Film Studies | American Literature | American Popular Culture | American Studies | Art and Design | Children's and Young Adult Literature | Contemporary Art | Creative Writing | Cultural History | Digital Humanities | English Language and Literature | Fashion Design | Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Fiction | Film and Media Studies | Film Production | Fine Arts | Hip Hop Studies | History | History of Gender | History of Religion | History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Holocaust and Genocide Studies | Intellectual History | Interdisciplinary Arts and Media | Islamic World and Near East History | Labor History | Latin American History | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies | Literature in English, Anglophone outside British Isles and North America | Literature in English, British Isles | Literature in English, North America | Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority | Modern Literature | Music | Music Performance | Nonfiction | Oral History | Other American Studies | Other Arts and Humanities | Other English Language and Literature | Other Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Other Film and Media Studies | Other History | Other History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology | Other Music | Poetry | Political History | Public History | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies | Radio | Screenwriting | Social History | United States History | Visual Studies | Women's History | Women's Studies

Recommended Citation

90.9 WMPG FM, "Sojourner Truth" (2020). Black History Month Segments. 19.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/wmpg_bhm/19