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[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/09/i-wrote-book-black-womens-voting-history-louisiana-library-board-refuses-host-discussion-it/ by Martha S. Jones 9/2/21 The Washington Post] | [https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/09/i-wrote-book-black-womens-voting-history-louisiana-library-board-refuses-host-discussion-it/ by Martha S. Jones 9/2/21 The Washington Post] | ||
“Vanguard” recounts how many suffragists and lawmakers who sought to ratify the 19th Amendment accommodated and, in some cases, embraced anti-Black racism even as they worked to expand access to a fundamental democratic right. Jim Crow laws — poll taxes, literacy tests and more — prevented Black women from casting ballots for decades after the 19th Amendment became law in 1920. | “Vanguard” recounts how many suffragists and lawmakers who sought to ratify the 19th Amendment accommodated and, in some cases, embraced anti-Black racism even as they worked to expand access to a fundamental democratic right. Jim Crow laws — poll taxes, literacy tests and more — prevented Black women from casting ballots for decades after the 19th Amendment became law in 1920. | ||
=====How Portland's Racist History Informs Today's Protests===== | |||
[https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/07/30/897298379/how-portlands-racist-history-informs-today-s-protests by Ari Shapiro 30/7/20 npr] | |||
Oregon has a long history of entrenched racism, dating back to its statehood in 1859, when the state constitution barred Black people from entering or living there. Yet the recent protests in Portland are part of another long history of black and white Oregonians combating that lingering racism, says Lisa Bates, an associate professor of urban studies at Portland State University. | |||
