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![Sojourner Truth, c. 1870. Photo credit to Randall Studio [wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Individuals/sojournerTruth.jpg)
On this day in 1851, Sojourner Truth gave what is now known as the Ain't I a Woman speech, delivered to the Women's Convention in Akron, Ohio: "I have plowed and reaped and husked and chopped and mowed, and can any man do more than that?"
Image: Sojourner Truth, c. 1870. Photo credit to Randall Studio [wikipedia]
![A march of working class insurgents during the Cordobazo Uprising [libcom.org]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/cordobazo.jpg)
On this day in 1969, the Cordobazo Uprising began in the city of Córdoba, Argentina as a general strike, with workers seizing the city, burning the corporate headquarters of Citroën and Xerox, and clashing with the army.
Image: A march of working class insurgents during the Cordobazo Uprising [libcom.org]
![Louise Michel c.1880, unknown photographer [Wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Individuals/louiseMichel.jpg)
Louise Michel, born on this day in 1830, was a French anarchist, feminist, and militant leader of the Paris Commune. At trial, she said "It seems that every heart that beats for freedom has no right than a bit of lead, so I claim mine!"
Image: Louise Michel c.1880, unknown photographer [Wikipedia]
![May Day 1980: Grenada's Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, center, is flanked by Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, right, and Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega in Havana, Cuba. [peoplesworld.org]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Individuals/mauriceBishop.jpg)
Maurice Bishop, born on this day in 1944, was a Grenadian revolutionary and leader of the New Jewel Movement, which seized power in 1979 and instituted widespread reforms of food, healthcare, education, and workers' rights.
Image: May Day 1980: Grenada's Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, center, is flanked by Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, right, and Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega in Havana, Cuba. [peoplesworld.org]
Robert Allen, born on this day in 1942, is an American professor, activist, and author who composed "Black Awakening in Capitalist America" (1969), a seminal text in the field of Internal Colonialism Theory.