Sojourner Truth is one of the most imported social reformers in American history. Truth is considered the first Black suffragist in the early-day women's movement.

Here we retell only a fraction of this trailblazer's extraordinary life.

Resources

1. Painter, Nell Irvin. “Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol.” New York, NY W.W. Norton & Company, 1996.
2. Somerville, Laura B. “Gentle Student Bend Thine Ear To My Speech” An Essay About Sojourner Truth, Abolitionist and Feminist.” West Michigan University, The Journal of Sociology and Welfare, Vol. 21, Issue 1 March, Article 3, 1994.
3. Terborg-Penn, Rosalyn. “African American Woman and the Struggle for the Vote, 1850 - 1920,” Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana University Press,1998.
4. Truth, Sojourner. “Narrative of Sojourner Truth; a Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; With a History of her Labors and Correspondence Drawn From her "Book of Life." Battle Creek, Michigan, Published for the Author, 1878.
5. Washington, Margaret “Sojourner Truth’s America.” Chicago, Illinois. University of Illinois Press, 2009.

“Black Suffragist in the Spotlight” is written and produced by Jennifer Rolle. The music selection “Passage” is by Moija (Uppbeat); “Future” and “Good Feelings” are by Aleksandr Shamaluev. The cover art featuring photographs of the activists Hallie Quinn Brown and Helen Nannie Boroughs are courtesy of the Library of Congress. Please send inquiries to theblacksuffragist@gmail.com and visit theblacksuffragist.net for future media events.