AAMP Family Fun Day: History is Alive! Sojourner Truth Storytime

On October 13, 2024, from 1 to 3 PM, get ready for an unforgettable adventure as we step into history with the legendary Sojourner Truth! Start your visit off by meeting Sojourner in the Conversations Gallery 2 at 1 PM for a Black History pop quiz game. Stop by the front desk and grab your materials for the scavenger hunt to uncover clues hidden throughout the museum’s galleries.

At 2 PM, we invite our youngest guests and their families to gather in the Jack T. Franklin Auditorium for an electrifying storytime. Listen and learn as Sojourner delivers a dramatic reading about life on the Underground Railroad with her brave companions.

Don’t miss this chance to relive history in a way you’ve never experienced!

About Dr. Daisy Century, Sojourner Truth Re-Enactor:

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Dr. Daisy Century and Ms. Sojourner Truth are both powerful singers and very intelligent women, whether self-taught or academically trained. Almost as impressively tall as the woman she portrays, Century gives a commanding performance of Ms. Truth, bringing to life a woman undeterred by incredible obstacles, a woman who mixed with the leading figures of her day, including Susan B. Anthony, Abraham Lincoln, and Ulysses S. Grant. Audience members are urged to

consider the twin goals of racial and gender parity of equal importance. We are inspired by Ms. Truth’s fiery wit, as exemplified by her rejoinder to a Screenshot 2024-09-20 163037comment that since she smoked a pipe (at one time), her conduct did not reflect cleanliness being next to godliness. Said Sojourner, “When I die, I expect to leave my breath behind.” The audience has the opportunity to sign Sojourner Truth’s Book of Life, signifying their connection to Ms. Truth’s legacy.

Information pulled from Characters | Dr. Daisy Century. (n.d.). Dr. Daisy Century. www.daisycentury.com/characters