Hamer described the circumstances African Americans were continuing to face at the polls in televised testimony as part of the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Her speech galvanized support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. This poster is in our @amhistorymuseum.
In 1917, Adelina “Nina” Otero-Warren was tapped to head New Mexico& #39;s chapter of the Congressional Union by Alice Paul, a leading suffragist. Otero-Warren garnered support for suffrage in Spanish and English-speaking communities, insisting materials be published in both languages.
Planners questioned allowing African American women to participate or segregating the parade. Accounts of what happened differ. Some women of color—journalist Ida B. Wells and lawyer Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa)—walked alongside white women.
At the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention—the nation& #39;s first for women& #39;s rights—Elizabeth Cady Stanton read a “Declaration of Sentiments” with 12 resolutions for women& #39;s equality, including suffrage. This printed version is from Frederick Douglass’ newspaper The North Star.
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