African-American women’s battle for the vote
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Black Churches and Women's Political Power
I think some readers are familiar with the story of the modern civil rights movement and the centrality of african american churches in that story. Oftentimes it's a story that's told focusing on ack men as religious figures, doctor martin luther king being foremost among them. But the back story is about the long and important place that black churches have occupied as sites for spiritual sustenance,. but also as sites for political organizing among blackAmericans.
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