Sojourner Truth (San Diego, California)

Sojourner Truth (San Diego, California)

Subject (Topic)
Antislavery movements--United States
California--San Diego
Freedom
Public art
Public sculpture
Women--Suffrage

Subject (Name)
Truth, Sojourner, c. 1797-1883

Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

Truth's body is modeled in contrapposto, an Italian art term that describes a classical body postion with a subject's weight shifted to one side to suggest liveliness and motion. In this statue, Truth steps forward with her body weight on the left leg. Her right knee is bent slightly, and her booted heel raised. Appearing contemplative with a slightly puckered brow, the abolitionist seems to be sorting an idea and/or thinking about her upcoming journey. She wears a deep copper-colored dress and a green-blue shawl; the artist used varied patinas on the bronze surface to highlight Truth's simple clothes. In her right hand she holds a Bible; in the left hand a carpet bag. Overall, the artist represents Truth as a modest, thoughtful, and faithful woman, moving gracefully in the world.


RA, 2/13/26

Brown, Manuelita, 1941-

Photograph: Manuelita Brown

January 22, 2015

UC San Diego; Vice Chancellor of Resource Management and Planning; Vice Chancellor of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion; UCSD Alumni; the Black Resource Center

Thurgood Marshall College Campus, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California, 92161, United States

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English

Visual Arts-Sculpture

Ridge Walk, Thurgood Marshall College Campus, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California, 92161, United States

Bronze plaque mounted on stone support reads:
Sojourner Truth (1797-1883)
Suffragist and Abolitionist

I feel safe in the midst of my enemies, for the truth is powerful and will prevail.

Sculpted by Manuelita Brown

72 in. (182.88 cm)

Bronze

Johnson, Erika. "Marshall College Unveils New Sojourner Truth Statue." UC San Diego Today, January 29, 2015. Accessed November 4, 2019. https://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/feature/marshall_college_unveils_new_sojourner_truth_statue.

Renée Ater

Sculpture

72 in. (182.88 cm)