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Category: Women’s Suffrage Movement

Posted inBlack History, Stacy M. Brown, Women's Suffrage Movement

Grace Bustill Douglass Co-Founded Female Anti-Slavery Society in Philadelphia

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown October 28, 2020December 21, 2021

In 1831, the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society barred women from joining the organization. In response, a group led by Black suffragists, including Charlotte Forten, Sarah Purvis and Grace Bustill Douglass, formed the Female Anti-Slavery Society in Philadelphia.

Posted inBlack History, Stacy M. Brown, Women's Suffrage Movement

Black Women’s Clubs Were Formed to Push the Suffrage Movement

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown October 14, 2020December 21, 2021
An 1864 photo of Sojourner Truth
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One Hundred Years after Suffrage Victories, Black Women Still Carrying the Torch

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown October 7, 2020December 21, 2021
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Carrie Langston: An Important Suffragist Everyone Should Know

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown September 30, 2020December 21, 2021
Regi Angelou (Courtesy of Hubhopper)
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Today’s Black Women Take Up the Mantle of Suffragist Ancestors

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown September 23, 2020December 21, 2021
Rosa Parks, seen here circa 1955 with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the background (National Archives)
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One Century After 19th Amendment, Voting Rights Remain Elusive for Blacks

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown September 16, 2020December 21, 2021
Naomi Bowman Talbert Anderson (Courtesy of National Archives)
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African-American Suffragist Claimed Four Names and One Primary Purpose

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown September 9, 2020December 21, 2021
The suffrage movement continued even after the passage of the 19th Amendment. (Courtesy of National Endowment for the Humanities)
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After Passage of the 19th Amendment, the Struggle Continued for Women

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown September 2, 2020December 21, 2021
Valethia Watkins, director of Women Studies Graduate Certificate Program and associate professor of Africana Studies in the Department of Afro-American Studies at Howard University. (Courtesy of Howard University)
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Howard U. Professor Discusses Impact of Black Women on Suffrage Movement

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown August 12, 2020December 21, 2021
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. reenacts a suffrage march. (File photo)
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Dispelling the Myths about the Gallant Role of Black Female Suffragists

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown August 5, 2020December 21, 2021

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