Black women’s suffrage clubs that sought formal affiliation with the national white suffrage movement were discouraged from doing so on the grounds that admitting them might anger white Southerners.

Its first president was a Black woman, Carrie Barnes Ross. Black women in Indiana participated in the suffrage movement from its very beginning, said Susan Hall Dotson, coordinator of African ...

Despite their victories, white suffragists were influenced by the prevalence of racism in America, and The Vote shows how Black women were sidelined in the movement for suffrage. Nevertheless, Black ...

This article is part of She Resisted, an interactive experience celebrating the pioneering strategies of the women’s suffrage movement. Black women formed clubs to support their communities as ...

Given this chasm, a Black women's suffrage movement developed alongside the mainstream movement. “There was a concerted effort by white women suffragists to create boundaries towards Black ...

“We don’t yet have the story of women’s suffrage in a way that shows Black women’s impact and our significance in the movement,” said Paula J. Giddings, professor emeritus at Smith ...

there was contention and struggle within academia about how to document the suffrage movement. There was an effort to whitewash the history or erase the black women who were involved. Many Black ...

Those women who registered in 1920 made history. They were part of a movement that was labeled “Women's Suffrage Movement.” Although this period was during the height of the segregation era ...

(WEHT) — Delta Sigma Theta sisters and several supports are honoring those who fought for women’s suffrage and march the River City streets to commemorate the movement. From the downtown Civic ...

"When you talk about the right to vote, even the women's suffrage movement, Black women were not elevated," she said. It's why Cotton said she believes it's important for her to continue her work ...