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Sojourner Truth (1797-1883)
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The Transformative Justice Coalition and the Voting Rights Alliance, in honor of Black History Month, are reviving the daily special series devoted to sharing the legacies and stories of the sheroes, heroes, and events in the fight for Black suffrage. This series was created in 2017 and will add 9 NEW articles this year. In addition to these daily newsletters all February long, this series also incorporates daily social media posts; an interactive calendar; and, website blog posts to spread the word broadly.

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Reporting by: Caitlyn Cobb. All the sources are linked in green, with a full source list at the bottom.
Today, February 3rd, 2022, we honor Sojourner Truth, who was not only “one of the first African American women to win a lawsuit in the United States”, but was also a powerful advocate of the suffrage movement for Black and all women.
Click on the video to WATCH as Actress Kerry Washington reads the 1851 speech of abolitionist Sojourner Truth. This is a POWERFUL performance.
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Reporting by: Caitlyn Cobb

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