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Nellie Griswold Francis
2/3/2021 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
African American suffragist and Civil Rights pioneer Nellie Griswold Francis.
This MinneHistory features African American suffragist and Civil Rights pioneer Nellie Griswold Francis.
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MinneHistory
Nellie Griswold Francis
2/3/2021 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
This MinneHistory features African American suffragist and Civil Rights pioneer Nellie Griswold Francis.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(playful upbeat music) - [Narrator] Nellie Griswold Francis was a pioneer of civil rights and civic leadership.
As a teen, Nellie used theater arts to become a youth leader.
Nellie was involved in the beginnings of the civil rights movement and she was a leader in the women's suffrage movement, which won the right to vote for women in 1920.
Respected across the country and in St. Paul's Rondo community, Nellie Griswold Francis is one of Minnesota's Black pioneers.
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