Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership

Location: This is an in-person class. Meet at the Sojourner Truth Statue, corner of Park and Pine Streets, Florence, MA. There will be a short 2 block walk to see Sojourner’s house and then a return to the Bombyx Center across the street from the statue, for presentations about Sojourner’s life in Florence and her accomplishments in the years after.

The Truth School is named after Sojourner Truth. This class will tell you why that is such an important name in the history of our area, particularly Florence. You will learn the history of abolitionism and the underground railroad in this area and the beginning of Sojourner Truth’s career fighting for equal rights for women and African Americans. Learn about the statue, her home a few blocks away and the utopian society that was so important in launching the second half of her life.