After claiming freedom from her enslaver in 1826, Sojourner Truth became a forceful orator and famed abolitionist. She published a memoir, met three presidents, and made her own career as a preacher. Truth’s advocacy put her among the first to center the experiences and rights of Black women in America.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Lois Curtis
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Rigoberta Menchú
Larry Kramer
Audre Lorde
Huey P. Newton
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Black Wall Street
Marsha P. Johnson
Kitty Cone
Bayard Rustin
César Chávez
Ida B. Wells
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
Robert Smalls
New Season! Famous Fates: Movers and Shakers
Oscar Winners: Bobby Driscoll
Oscar Winners: Gloria Grahame
Mind Games: Bobby Fischer
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Irish Songs with Ken Murray
History Obscura
Historycal: Words that Shaped the World
The Rest Is History
Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra