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Afro-American’s archives reveal the fight for Black women’s right to vote — and the battles beyond
The Black women of Baltimore weren’t content to simply celebrate the ratification of the 19th Amendment, 100 years go this month. They intended to use its power. With only two months to prepare, suffrage leaders immediately began organizing to educate other Black women about how they could take advantage of this new right in the … Continued