SOJOUNER TRUTH 2

This Day In History: May 29,1851 Sojourner Truth delivers powerful speech on African American women’s rights At the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention, on May 29, 1851, the formerly enslaved woman rises to speak and assert her right to equality as a woman, as well as a Black American. The exact wording of which becomes famous for the refrain, “Ain’t I a Woman?” has been lost to history. In fact, historians have since challenged whether Truth ever used the famous refrain as she spoke. Nonetheless, her oration becomes widely regarded as one of the most powerful moments of the early women’s liberation movement.