African-American women’s battle for the vote
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Black Women's Political Power
In the early twentieth century, black women voted overwhelmingly for the old republican party. There is a real fear of black women's political power. How to respond to that intimidation? In some places, i write about the state of florida, where the kuklux clan will very deliberately target african american women in an effort to keep them from casting ballots.
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