Vanguard: Black Women and the Right to Vote

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• 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution (1920)
  The Nineteenth Amendment granted women the right to vote by prohibiting the denial of suffrage based on sex. The amendment was passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified August 18, 1920.
• Notice to Republican Voters of the 9th Congressional District of Virginia (1902)
  This broadside publicized information about new voting laws and poll taxes in Virginia.
• Poll Tax Receipt for Lee Carr (1955)
  An image of a poll tax receipt from Texas. Poll taxes were a tool to prevent Black people and poor people from voting, since the poll tax was often a significant percentage of someone's weekly income.
• Texas Poll Tax (1901)
  This poll tax law in Texas was voted on in a referendum in the 1902 election as a proposed amendment to the state constitution.
• The Woman Suffrage Movement and Frederick Douglass (1908)
  In this speech given on the 60th Anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention, Black women's rights advocate Mary Church Terrell reflects on the role of Frederick Douglass in the women's suffrage movement.
• Vanguard: Black Women and the Right to Vote
  This teaching module discusses how Black women fought against both racism and sexism during their fight for women's suffrage, featuring a webinar with Martha S. Jones, author of the 2020 book, Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All.
• Webinar - Vanguard: Black Women and the Right to Vote (2024)
  In this webinar, Professor Martha S. Jones of Johns Hopkins University discusses Black women and the right to vote with Dr. William Thomas and his American Constitutional History class.