Black Suffrage - Past & Present

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February is Black History Month and our League of Women Voters acknowledges the role of Black Americans in the voting rights movement and shares information concerning the history of Black Suffrage Past & Present.

African American Women Leaders in the Suffrage Movement - CLICK HERE
Women’s Suffrage at 100: The Key Role of Black Sororities - CLICK HERE
Black Girls Vote - CLICK HERE
National Organization of Women (NOW) Sisters in Suffrage - CLICK HERE
Facing History & OurselvesDr. Carol Anderson (professor, historian, and National Book Critics Circle Award winner) on Racial Justice and Voting - CLICK HERE
Library of Congress - Voting Rights for American Americans - CLICK HERE
National Archives - Black Americans and the Vote- CLICK HERE
National Park Service - Between Two Worlds: Black Women and the Fight for Voting Rights - CLICK HERE
John Lewis: Good Trouble Lives On - CLICK HERE & Video of National Day of Action Good Trouble Lives On Vigil (Chester PA July 2025) - CLICK HERE
Black Votes Matter - CLICK HERE
NAACP Democracy & Voting - CLICK HERE
League of Women Voters - Black Women Who Define(d) the Voting Rights Movement - CLICK HERE
League of Women Voters - Voting Rights History is Black History - CLICK HERE