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     After the Civil War, women’s rights activists disagreed about whether to support ratification of the 15th Amendment, which provided voting rights regardless of race, but which did not explicitly enfranchise women. The resulting split in the women’s movement marginalized African American women, who nonetheless continued their suffrage activism. By the 1890s, the women’s suffrage movement had become increasingly racist and exclusionary, and African-American women organized separately through local women’s clubs and the National Association of Colored Women. Women won the vote in dozens of states in the 1910s, and African American women became a powerful voting bloc.

     The Black News Channel (BNC) is the nation’s only culturally specific news channel that reflects the diverse views of the Black community. Host Kelly Wright interviewed President Donald J. Trump on the Kelly Wright Show. This marks President Donald J. Trump’s very first on air interview with BNC.

     “I believe many of us will work overtime to help elect President Biden and Vice President Harris,” Ashley Ward said. “I believe once elected November 3, Vice President Harris will work alongside President Biden to immediately put this country back on track. She is no stranger to controversy, and she certainly is not afraid of working to make the country better.”

     After going through countless trials and tribulations to get where she is today, EnJunaya understands the risks that come with starting your own business. In 2016, she quit a six-figure job to go work at a cosmetics store to learn the skills she knew that she would need to be successful with her business.

     “When it comes to major policy change, too often we only speak with elected officials like me,” Tempe Mayor Corey Woods stated in a news release. “It’s important that when we talk about the needs of the next generation, we actually include them in these conversations. That is why I am proud to support the Next Generation Bridge Forum. This event will place a much-needed spotlight on the voices of young leaders who are out in the community making change in unique ways. I look forward to learning the different perspectives of these six exceptionally impressive panelists.”

      This week, former vice president Joe Biden formally accepted the Democratic nomination for president and Kamala Harris accepted her role as his running mate. Now that it’s clear that the 2020 elections will be Biden versus Donald Trump — who’s running for reelection on the Republican ticket — activists are solidifying their positions before November.

A Timeline of Black Women Politicians Who Paved the Way for Kamala Harris’ Historic VP Run

     That’s why it feels so sticky to celebrate the 19th Amendment today. Fighting for a place at the polls has been a multi-century battle for women—women of color in particular. Restrictions prohibited Latina, Black, Asian-American, and Native-American women from voting until decades after the 19th Amendment was ratified. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 helped put a ballot in the hands of more women of color, but it didn’t solve the problem of long queues, restrictive voter ID laws, early closing times, or breakdowns in modern machinery, which can lead many voters—especially those in marginalized communities—to turn their backs on the polls, as we witnessed during the Georgia state primary.

   President Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire to dismantle the United States Postal Service or revamp the agency in a way that has angered Democrats and others who said it’s a tactic to prevent mail-in voting for the upcoming election.

Judith Batty, a lifelong Girl Scout and board member, has made history as the first Black CEO of the Girl Scouts of the United States since the organization was established 108 years ago.