Sojourner Truth (San Diego, CA)

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Title

Sojourner Truth (San Diego, CA)

Subject

Subject (Topic):
Antislavery movements--United States
Women's Suffrage
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.

Creator

Brown, Manuelita

Source

Date

Unveiled: Jan. 22, 2015

Contributor

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

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Sculpture

Physical Dimensions

72 in. (182.88 cm.)

Citation

Brown, Manuelita, “Sojourner Truth (San Diego, CA),” CMSP - Beta Test, accessed September 20, 2024, https://community-sourcing-beta-test.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/1199.

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