"Sojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman?" by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack

Published to coincide with African-American History Month, here is the stirring, award-winning biography of Sojourner Truth--preacher, abolitionist, and activist for the rights of African-Americans and women. A rich profile.--School Library Journal. A 1993 Coretta Scott King Honor Book.

In 1979, a slave named Isabella was born in New York. After being freed in 1827, she chose the name by which she has been remembered long after her death -- Sojourner Truth. 

Truth was a preacher, an abolitionist, an activist for the rights of both blacks and women. Although she couldn't read, she could quote the Bible word for word and was a powerful speaker. An imposing six feet tall, with a profound faith in God's love and a rich, deep voice, she stirred audiences around the country until her death in 1883.