Behind every century-old photo of white women in white sashes marching for the right to vote, were Black women — marching arm-in-arm for their voices to be heard. Black women like educator Mary Church Terrell, or journalist and researcher Ida B. Wells were there from the start. They actively challenged the racist ideals of the white women suffragists who forced them to the back of marches and sought to exclude them entirely.

On the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, we're honoring the untold stories and voices of the Black women and women of color suffragists who stood boldly against racism and sexism to win the right to vote.

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Their fight was about more than simply casting a ballot. They were fighting for the power to make decisions over their own lives and their own bodies — and they're still fighting.

The politicians today who restrict the right to vote in communities of color and fan the flames of racist violence are the same leaders restricting our reproductive rights. And it is Black women who are raising their voices and fighting back, from resisting police violence to leading the coalition for reproductive justice.

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