The passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920 did not win women the right to vote—despite repeated claims that it did. Just what, then, did the women’s suffrage amendment do...
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities launched Who Gets to Vote: Conversations on Voting Rights in America to engage the public in discussions on the history of voting—and efforts to suppress the vote. Two keynote programs and a four-part reading and discussion series were organized. Book discussions examined the expansion of voting rights, the women’s suffrage movement, historic and contemporary voter suppression practices, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (and the 2013 Supreme Court decision that invalidated key portions of it), and the disenfranchisement of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated Americans.
Author Interview, Voting Rights, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
Who Gets to Vote? A Conversation between Martha Jones and Leslie Harris
On Wednesday, April 21, at 6 p.m., the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities hosted Leslie Harris in conversation with Martha Jones on her groundbreaking book Vanguard:...
