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Today with @HigherHeights we took out a full-page @nytimes ad to celebrate the Voting Rights Act, passed 55 yrs ago today. We recognize this month as 100 yrs of women’s suffrage, but while the 19th Amendment ostensibly applied to all, Black women were still prevented from voting.
It was not until the passage of the Voting Rights Act—almost a half-century later—that Black women were fully enfranchised, the culmination of a centuries-long battle for Black voting rights.
The fight continues today as our nation faces an unprecedented assault on voting rights, from mass voter suppression & felony disenfranchisement. Despite these significant barriers to the ballot box, Black women are one of the most reliable & powerful voting blocs in the country.
Black women will not be suppressed. Black women will not be silenced. Black women will not be deterred. Black women will not be defeated. Black women are gonna win.
Black women are gonna win.
Black women are gonna win.
Black women are gonna win.
https://www.phenomenalmedia.org/blackwomenvote
Black women are gonna win.
Black women are gonna win.
Black women are gonna win.
https://www.phenomenalmedia.org/blackwomenvote
Featuring Gen Z Changemaker @WinterBreeanne
Words by @stevie_elem & @withlovecleo
Photography by @msayles
Design by @adobetrisha
So grateful for these generous and brilliant artists who made this possible.
https://www.phenomenalmedia.org/blackwomenvote
Words by @stevie_elem & @withlovecleo
Photography by @msayles
Design by @adobetrisha
So grateful for these generous and brilliant artists who made this possible.
https://www.phenomenalmedia.org/blackwomenvote
