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Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All
By Jones, Martha S.
- ISBN
- 9781541618619
- Publisher
- Basic
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Starred Review on October 1, 2020 | Promoting Suffrage
Beginning with her own history as a descendant of enslaved people, Jones (history, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Birthright Citizens) shares stories of women in her family who created paths to political power as freedom did not lead to liberty or dignity. This standout social history shows how the 19th Amendment did not guarantee Black women the right to vote—state laws, including literary tests, poll taxes, and restrictions on descendants of ens...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
