HISTORICAL REVISIONISM: The 19th Amendment Didn't Protect Black Women

The Rep. Ayanna Pressley reports:

While pushing for the Equal Rights Amendment is vital, praising the suffragette legacy without acknowledging how Black women were systematically excluded from the 19th Amendment is a tired erasure. White women got ballots in 1920, while Black women faced poll taxes and terrorism until 1965.

106 years ago today, the 19th Amendment was ratified and women were guaranteed the right to vote. We must continue the legacy of the suffragettes and those who fought hard for that right by pushing for the Equal Rights Amendment to become the law of the land.

— Rep. Ayanna Pressley

Pass the ERA, absolutely—but let us stop mythologizing a suffragette movement that traded Black freedom for white acceptance.