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SUMMARY:Celebrate Akron’s Sojourner Truth Statue Project
LOCATION:Kenmore Branch Library\nKenmore Branch Library
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DESCRIPTION:Learn about the memorial to honor the voting rights of all wom
 en. Presented by a member of the Sojourner Truth Statue Project Committee.
  Registration is suggested..\nhttps://akronlibrary.libnet.info/event/78868
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Sojourner Truth challenged the exclusion o
 f women of color from the Women&rsquo\;s Rights Movement. In honor of Sojo
 urner Truth and in commemoration of&nbsp\;the 100th anniversary of the 19t
 h Amendment\, a committee of local Summit County women raised funds to com
 mission&nbsp\;local artist Woodrow Nash to create a statue of Truth\, whic
 h will be located at the United Way of Summit &amp\; Medina Counties in do
 wntown Akron.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>This monument will serve as an ongoing opport
 unity to&nbsp\;educate the public on the progress made over the last 100 y
 ears and honor the fight for voting rights for all women &mdash\; especial
 ly many women of color who were excluded from voting until the 1960s.&nbsp
 \;</p>\n<p>Join us as our Executive Director\, Pam Hickson-Stevenson\, a m
 ember of The Sojourner Truth Project Committee\, shares how this project c
 ame into being and honors this important part of Akron&rsquo\;s history.</
 p>\n<p>Registration is suggested.</p>\n<hr />\n<p><br />Related Resources:
 </p>\n<p><a href="https://encore.akronlibrary.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1
 984001__Ssojourner%20truth__P0%2C3__Orightresult__U__X6?lang=eng&amp\;suit
 e=def" title="" sojourner="" truth:="" a="" biography="" by="" larry="" g=
 "" murphy="">"Sojourner Truth: a Biography\," by Larry G. Murphy</a></p>\n
 <p><a href="https://encore.akronlibrary.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1984005
 __Ssojourner%20truth__P0%2C14__Orightresult__U__X6?lang=eng&amp\;suite=def
 ">"Sojourner Truth: a Life\, a Symbol\, by Nell Irvin Painter</a></p>\nhtt
 ps://akronlibrary.libnet.info/event/7886844
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