Fact #1: Following the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, not all enslaved people immediately found freedom. The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in states then in rebellion against the United States. Union troops operating […]
Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19 that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with […]
Sojourner’s Truth Staff The Touch a Dream Studio presented their annual dance recital on Sunday, June 13 at the Stranahan Theatre aptly titled “Masterpiece.” And after a year’s absence from the live stage because of […]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUNE 5, 1958 – December 26, 2020 You are forever in our hearts and minds. Your wisdom and beauty is in each of us. The journey with her may have come to an […]
The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, Zeta Alpha Omega Chapter has awarded six outstanding young ladies one thousand dollars to attend the college or university of their choice. Andrea Price MHA, FACHE, president, Treva Jeffries […]
ProMedica is pleased to announce the return of the summer concert series. The ProMedica Summer Concert Series Presented by Coors Light will kick off on Friday, July 9 at Promenade Park with American rock bands, […]
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor The hope of leadership lies in the capacity to deliver disturbing news and raise difficult questions in a way that people can absorb, prodding them to […]
Sojourner’s Truth Staff You need stuff? This little shop around the corner has stuff! Some great stuff and just about something for every occasion – African art, jewelry and clothing, to name a few items. […]
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column “Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” –Chinua Achebe- You may have heard the recent political dust-up about some […]
By Sojourner’s Truth Staff One hundred years ago, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Memorial Day weekend, 19-year-old Dick Rowland, a Black shoe shiner, was arrested and accused of assaulting Sarah Page, 1 17-year-old White elevator operator. […]