The 15th Amendment gave African-American men the right to vote ... was arrested and jailed six times for picketing on behalf of women’s suffrage. She was one of several women who went on ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) -Across the country, we’re marking the centennial of women’s suffrage, but the story of voting rights ...

After generations of struggle for suffrage, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in 1919 and ratified in August 1920. To mark the centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage in 2020, ...

Anthony, with support from African Americans like Sojourner ... allies to work together again in the National American Women’s Suffrage Association. Nonetheless, even though the abolitionist ...

Guide to Collections about Women's Suffrage and Women in Politics ... In 1980, Byrd was elected to the Wyoming State House of Representatives and became the first African American legislator in ...

As an agent of the American Anti ... for civil rights for women and African Americans, serving as a leader of several national organizations, including the National Woman Suffrage Association.

Two historical markers, one related to women’s suffrage and another to African American heritage, were recently damaged in the city of Decatur, according to a release from the police department. While ...

What is woke? It is an adjective of African American vernacular meaning “aware of discrimination,” similar to the general American English word “awake.” ...

Her push for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and support of suffrage ... the African American Intellectual Historical Society records. Eleanor Holmes Norton (1937-Present) The National Women's ...

The marker tells of the forgotten contributions of African Americans to the City ... In November, a marker honoring women in the Suffrage movement in the 1930s was knocked down.