August 15, 2002

Sojourner Truth Crusade

Participants talked to reporters about a campaign to include Sojourner Truth in a monument to the women’s suffrage movement in the U.S. Capitol. Following their remarks they answered questions from reporters.

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Martha Burk Co-Bureau Chief Sojourner Truth Crusade Committee
Edythe Flemings Hall President NAACP->Maryland

Patricia Hallman President League of Women Voters->Washington, DC
Janette Hoston Harris Chair Sojourner Truth Crusade Committee
Susan Jollie President National Women's History Museum
Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich Executive Director and COO Black Leadership Conference
Eleanor Smeal President Feminist Majority Foundation
Imogene Stewart Member African-American Women Clergy Assn.
C. DeLores Tucker President National Polit. Congress of Black Women

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National Congress of Black WomenNational Congress of Black Women

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Program ID:: 172042-1
Category:: News Conference
Format:: News Conference
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Aug 15, 2002 | 5:16pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:: Aug 16, 2002 | 11:04am EDT | C-SPAN 2

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Aug 15, 2002 | 5:16pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Aug 16, 2002 | 5:14am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Aug 16, 2002 | 11:04am EDT | C-SPAN 2

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