Category Archives: The Michigan Pages: History: Black History

Sojourner Truth

August 15, 2005 – 7:02 pm

Sojourner Truth lived more than a century ago, but she remains an important national symbol for strong women of all races.
Because her mother was a slave, when Sojourner Truth was born in New York State in 1797 she was a slave. She was given the name Isabella. At the age of nine, Isabella was taken [...]

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Detroit's Walk To Freedom

June 22, 2005 – 6:44 pm

The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. is among America's best-recognized civil rights activists. His many accomplishments include his "I Have A Dream" speech that he gave on August 28, 1963, in Washington, DC. King, however, first gave that now-famous speech in Detroit.
In the spring of 1963, Detroiters looked for a way to commemorate the anniversary [...]

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