By John Jones, HOPE Toledo President Guest Column Over the past two years, a broad group of organizations and individuals have been working collectively together to lift up and bring to life a “comprehensive, community-based […]
Sojourner’s Truth Staff The Toledo African American Chamber of Commerce hosted a meet and greet on Friday, June 25 for Chamber members and guests at the newly constructed Glass City Metropark. The attendees had an […]
By Fletcher Word Sojourner’s Truth Editor As Toledo City Councilwoman Cecelia Adams, PhD, is on her way out, a new city department is on the way in – a city department that the councilwoman has […]
Rossford Call-A-Ride Resumes; TARTA Remains Fare Free The Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority (TARTA) is bringing back hours of service to pre-COVID schedules on Monday, June 28, 2021. The announcement also includes resuming Call-A-Ride service […]
Judge Myron C. Duhart was sworn in as 121st President of the Toledo Bar Association for the 2021-2022 membership year on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Judge Duhart is only the second person of color to […]
A celebration that has persisted for over a century receives its first official recognition on June 7, 1979, as the Texas Legislature passes a bill declaring Juneteenth a state holiday. The annual June 19 celebration […]
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 […]