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Women’s suffrage and the Black women left out

Today on Post Reports, Katie Mettler on the little known story about how the 19th Amendment was ratified. And historian Martha S. Jones on how Black women had to keep fighting for the right to vote after the 19th Amendment passed.
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A mother’s letter, a son’s choice and the little known story about the 19th Amendment’s ratification.
Black women fought to get the right to vote long after White women earned it.
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