Sojourner Truth (San Diego, California)
Dublin Core
Title
Sojourner Truth (San Diego, California)
Subject
Subject (Topic)
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States
Women's Suffrage
Public art
Public sculpture
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States
Women's Suffrage
Public art
Public sculpture
Subject (Name)
Truth, Sojourner, c. 1797 – November 26, 1883
Truth, Sojourner, c. 1797 – November 26, 1883
Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture
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
January 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, California, 92161, United States
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Sculpture
Physical Dimensions
72 in. (182.88 cm.)
Collection
Citation
Brown, Manuelita, “Sojourner Truth (San Diego, California),” Contemporary Monuments to the Slave Past, accessed September 20, 2024, https://mail.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/1199.