Sojourner
Based on the life and times of freedom fighter Sojourner Truth, this powerful story is told through the emotional testimony of ZUHAIRAH!
By Richard Lamont Pierce, Featuring Zuhariah McGill
March 2 -March 29, 2026
Fridays 7:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday matinees 3:00 p.m.
People of Purpose Center, 64 NE Killingsworth St., Portland
“Become a part of American history as it unfolds before your eyes…Playwright Richard Lamont Pierce pulls you into a riveting in-depth view of the life of Sojourner Truth, the first African American woman in the suffrage movement, abolitionist, and confidante to Abraham Lincoln. Begin to understand through Sojourner’s unmitigated audacity to make things happen, the depth of her impact on the abolition of slavery, women’s right, prison reform, America and the world. Before Harriet, Martin, Rosa, Malcolm, Obama, Black Lives Matter… There was Sojourner Truth!”
Based on the life and times of freedom fighter Sojourner Truth, this powerful story is told through the emotional testimony of ZUHAIRAH!
By Richard Lamont Pierce, Featuring Zuhariah McGill
March 2 -March 29, 2026
Fridays 7:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday matinees 3:00 p.m.
People of Purpose Center, 64 NE Killingsworth St., Portland
“Become a part of American history as it unfolds before your eyes…Playwright Richard Lamont Pierce pulls you into a riveting in-depth view of the life of Sojourner Truth, the first African American woman in the suffrage movement, abolitionist, and confidante to Abraham Lincoln. Begin to understand through Sojourner’s unmitigated audacity to make things happen, the depth of her impact on the abolition of slavery, women’s right, prison reform, America and the world. Before Harriet, Martin, Rosa, Malcolm, Obama, Black Lives Matter… There was Sojourner Truth!”
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Highlights
- 2 hours
- In person
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Location
64 NE Killingsworth St
64 Northeast Killingsworth Street
Portland, OR 97211
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