Black women and the power behind the polls
As people head to the polls, Black women in Memphis reflect on their first time voting and what it meant to them
For Black women, voting has never been as simple as showing up to the polls. Even after the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, extending constitutional voting protections regardless of sex, Black women faced barriers designed to keep them from casting a ballot. …
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