In Memoriam: Rep. John Lewis and Rev. C.T. Vivian
Freedom Riders
Threatened. Attacked. Jailed. Could you get on the bus?
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The Vote |
Interactive
Celebrate the strategies and tactics of the movement in a new interactive experience.
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The role of protest, agitation and struggle in the evolution of the country we live in today.
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One hundred years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, The Vote tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history.
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The history of America’s ongoing struggle with race, democracy and justice.
The Vote |
Article
For two centuries, black women have linked their ballot access to the human rights of all.
Reagan |
Trailer
Reagan became a passionate ideologue who preached a simple gospel of lower taxes, less government, and anti-communism.
Clinton |
Trailer
A biography of a president who rose from a broken childhood in Arkansas to become one of the most successful politicians in modern American history.
The Vote |
Digital Short
Is the U.S. at a tipping point in the nearly 100-year-long fight to ratify the ERA?
The Vote |
Article
For many women, the 19th Amendment was only the beginning of a much longer fight.
The Vote |
Digital Short
Before women's suffrage, Black women led the fight for voting rights—and still do today.
The Vote |
Article
Largely excluded by white suffrage leaders, Black women created a groundbreaking network that drove social and political change across the country.
