From the nation’s founding in 1776 to women’s suffrage in 1919, from the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to modern-day voter ID laws, voting rights have a complicated history in America. “Who Gets to Vote?” is a thoughtful reading and discussion series exploring how voting rights history intersects with the present.
Join us at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 8, for our discussion of The Myth of Seneca Falls: Memory and the Women’s Suffrage Movement, 1848–1898 by Lisa Tetrault. This book reveals the forgotten people and players key to the pivotal movement for women’s suffrage. The discussion will be led by Stacey DeMichiel, M.A. in History and an adjunct History teacher at NTCC.
Then join us at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 22, for our discussion of Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All by Martha S. Jones. Vanguard tells the story of brave Black women who fought not only for their own right to vote, but for increased voting access for all. The discussion will be led by Angela Allen-Bell, Esq., national and international legal scholar and expert on civil and human rights, social and restorative justice, and the interplay between race and justice.
