An explanation the fight for Voting rights for American Americans and how suffrage movement left Black women behind.
The Suffrage movement for African Americans and Women had their roots in the abolitionist movement but in the 70 years between the Seneca Falls Women's rights convention and the ratification of the 19th amendment, the two groups relationship was ripped apart by racism and politics. While the 19th Amendment enfranchised all American women, it wouldn't be until the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that all African Americans were granted the right to vote
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