; Whereas at the onset of the Civil War, Sojourner Truth urged free Black men to join the Union Army cause and worked to organize supplies for Black troops; Whereas after the Civil War, Sojourner Truth was honored with an invitation to the White House and became involved with the Freedmen’s Bureau, helping freed slaves find jobs and build new and better lives; Whereas Sojourner Truth continued her advocacy for human and civil rights for former slaves as she fought against de jure segregation; and Whereas, at 63 years of age, Sojourner Truth stood up to a streetcar conductor who tried to violently block her from riding, predating and modeling the courage of Rosa Parks, who less than 100 years later stood up for justice by sitting down: Now, therefore, be it