Today, February 28, on this last day of Black History Month, we end of the #VRABlackHistory Series with a special two-part extended edition as we honor The Transformative Justice Coalition and educate about what you can do to advance voting rights.
Read MoreToday, February 24, 2017, we honorthe Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr. The Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr. marched in Selma with Martin Luther King, Jr.; was a major-party presidential candidate twice; and, still advocates for many of the original causes on which he campaigned.
Read MoreToday we honor Congressman Marc Veasey, first African-American congressman elected in Tarrant County, Texas, and founder of the first ever Congressional Voting Rights Caucus in 2016.
Read MoreToday, February 23, 2017, we honor Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm, who was the first African-American woman in Congress in 1968; and, was the first African-American and African-American woman to make a serious presidential bid for a major party in 1972.
Read MoreToday we honor Paul Cuffe Sr, who, by way of petitions, civil disobedience, and working within the system, helped pave the way for Black (and Native American) men in Massachusetts to be able to vote.
Read MoreToday we honor Martin Luther King Jr. and his fight for Black suffrage.
Read MoreThe Early Fight for Black Suffrage (1724-1735). Today we honor an early fight for Black suffrage. In 1723-1724, Richard West, who was Legal Counsel for the Board of Trade, questioned the Virginia General Assembly as to why they took away voting rights from freed Black men.
Read MoreToday, we honor the Federal Elections Bill (also known as “The Lodge Bill, or to its opponents “The Force Bill"). Following the 1877 Hayes-Tilden compromise, this bill represented the last attempt by the U.S. Congression the 19th Century to protect African-American suffrage.
Read MoreToday, we honor the Black soldiers who fought in the American Civil War, the outcome of which lead to the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.
Read MoreToday, we honor Lucretia Mott, who played a vital role in organizing the 1848 Women’s Right’s Convention at Seneca Falls, launching the woman’s suffrage movement.
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