LWV of the East Shore: February Book Discussion for Black History Month

LWV of the East Shore: February Book Discussion for Black History Month

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Location

Guilford Free Library
67 Park St.
Guilford Connecticut 06437
Connecticut US
Tuesday, February 27, 2024 - 10:00am

Book Title: Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote and Insisted on Equality for All by Martha S. Jones

In Vanguard, acclaimed historian Martha S. Jones offers a new history of African American women's political lives in America. She recounts how they defied both racism and sexism to fight for the ballot and how they wielded political power to secure the equality and dignity of all persons. From the earliest days of the republic to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and beyond, Jones excavates the lives and work of Black women - Maria Stewart, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Fannie Lou Hamer, and more - who were the vanguard of women's rights, calling on America to realize its best ideals. 

Alternative articles to read if you can’t find a copy of “Vanguard”

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-daughters-and-granddaughters-former-slaves-secured-voting-rights-all-180971660/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/25/black-women-19th-amendment-didnt-end-started-movement-voting-rights/

https://jezebel.com/i-am-womens-rights-how-sojourner-truth-advocated-for-b-1844948277

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/travel/john-jay-paris-abigail-slavery.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare