Voices of a People´s History: Alfre Woodard Reads Sojourner Truth
Subject: Civil Rights / Slavery / Women´s Rights
Themes:
Women's Rights
Civil Rights
19th Century
Age groups:
High School
Homeschooling
Resource type: Video
As part of a February 2007 Voices of a People´s History of the United States event, Alfre Woodard reads Sojourner Truth´s famous, "Ain't I a Woman?" speech. Truth delivered extemporaneously in 1851 at the Ohio Women´s Rights Convention in Akron. Read more about the history of Truth´s speech here.
Read the full text of the speech here.