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Title
Sojourner Truth (San Diego, CA)
Subject
Subject (Topic) Antislavery movements--United States Abolitionists--United States Women's Suffrage Public art Public sculpture
Subject (Name) Truth, Sojourner, c. 1797 – November 26, 1883
Subject (Object Type) Commemorative sculpture
Description
The life-size bronze figure of Sojourner Truth holds a bible in her right hand and handbag in her left. Clad in a simple, unstructured dress, bonnet, and shawl draped around her shoulders, Truth strides forward.
UC San Diego; Vice Chancellor of Resource Management and Planning, the Vice Chancellor of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, UCSD Alumni, the Black Resource Center
Relation
To watch a video of the work's unveiling, click here.
Format
JPEG
Language
English
Type
Visual Arts-Sculpture
Coverage
Thurgood Marshall College Campus, University of California at San Diego, CA
Has Part
Bronze Plaque mounted on stone support reads:
“Sojourner Truth (1797-1883)
Suffragist and Abolitionist
"I feel safe in the midst of my enemies, for the truth is powerful and will prevail.”