A statue of women's rights pioneer Sojourner Truth sits in the Sojourner Truth Legacy Plaza in Akron, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Hundreds gathered in an Ohio city Wednesday to unveil a plaza and statue dedicated to women's rights pioneer Sojourner Truth at the very spot she gave a speech now known as "Ain't I a Woman?" 173 years earlier. (AP Photo/Patrick Orsagos)
A pillar at one entrance of the Sojourner Truth Legacy Plaza depicts the Universalist Stone Church that once sat on the grounds of the United Way of Summit and Medina in Akron, Ohio on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Hundreds gathered in an Ohio city Wednesday to unveil the plaza and statue dedicated to women's rights pioneer Sojourner Truth at the very spot she gave a speech now known as "Ain't I a Woman?" 173 years earlier. (AP Photo/Patrick Orsagos)
Artist Woodrow Nash, front row, fourth from left, Chairperson of the Sojourner Truth Project Akron Towanda Mullins, front row, fifth from right, Brent Leggs, Executive Director and Senior Vice President of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund back row first from left, Jim Mullen president and CEO of United Way of Summit and Medina back row, second from left stand with others at the unveiling of the Sojourner Truth Legacy Plaza in Akron, Ohio on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Hundreds gathered in an Ohio city on Wednesday to unveil the plaza and statue dedicated to women's rights pioneer Sojourner Truth at the very spot she gave a 1851 speech now known as "Ain't I a Woman?" (AP Photo/Patrick Orsagos)