Mar 7, 2018
Streets of Harlem: P.S. 149 Sojourner Truth School on West 117th Street between Lenox Ave. and Fifth Ave. in Harlem, upper Manhattan
Sojourner Truth was a was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son, in 1828 she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man. In 2014, Truth was included in Smithsonian magazine's list of the "100 Most Significant Americans of All Time"
