2004 Senate Bill 1158

Establish November 26 as "Sojourner Truth Day"

Introduced in the Senate

April 21, 2004

Introduced by Sen. Mark Schauer (D-19)

To establish November 26 as "Sojourner Truth Day" in Michigan. Sojourner Truth was an African American woman who lived in Battle Creek and who campaigned for the abolition of slavery before the Civil War, and for the establishment of equal rights for women before her death in 1883.

Referred to the Committee on Local, Urban, and State Affairs