THE TRUTH ABOUT THE 19TH AMENDMENT AND THE STRUGGLE FOR BLACK WOMEN’S VOTING RIGHTS; other minority women left out too
NOTE: The article below was originally written in 2020 before Roe V. Wade was dismantled. It is share hear as a reminder that women's rights have been attained through advocacy and one of the areas that require the active pursuit of freedom is that are of voting rights. Whater the issue is abortion ir equal pay, the change could not hapen without the right to vote. By Mona Austin On the 18th of August in 2020, women’s empowerment and political groups saluted the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment. For Black women the centennial of the constitutional right to vote is a partial celebration, however. To know this history is to appreciate what it means for Senator Kamala Harris to be presidential candidate Joe Biden’s potential vice president of United States. For African-American women the miles to this historic moment are countless, while their collective labor in the context of voting rights particularly for Black women is often ignored. When the 19th...