SOME REALLY %
CRITICAL % IMPORTANT %
IMPORTANT %
QUESTIONS TODAY
THAT HARKEN BACK %
TO THE 19th %
AMENDMENT VOTE. %
>>> TELL US %
ABOUT THIS %
CONVERSATION
THAT YOU HAD IN %
YOUR NEW POD %
CAST. %
>> THANKS FOR
HAVING ME. %
I SPOKE TO
MARTHA JONES WHO %
IS AN HISTORIAN %
WHERE THE NEW %
BOOK ABOUT BLACK %
WOMEN REALLY
BEING THE
VANGUARD OF THE %
VOTING RIGHTS
MOVEMENT. %
SOMETIMES WE
THINK BACK TO %
SUSAN B. ANTHONY
BUT THERE’S A
GLARING OF NOT %
JUST LIKE THE
BLACK WOMEN LIKE %
WELLS OR LEE WHO
PUSHED THE %
AGENDA OF VOTING %
FOR ALL WOMEN. %
WHICH GAVE THE
RIGHT TO VOTE TO %
ALL MEN %
INCLUDING BLACK
MEN. %
SHE DESCRIBED
BLACK MEN AS %
LITTLE MORE THAN %
RAPIST WHO WOULD %
DEGRADE WOMEN IF
THEY HAD THE
RIGHT TO VOTE. %
BUT AGAIN THIS
CONVERSATION %
WITH MARTHA %
JONES WAS A %
REALLY GOOD %
CONVERSATION %
THAT REALLY MADE %
THEM BLACK WOMEN %
INVISIBLE NO %
MORE. %
LET’S TAKE A
LISTEN. %
>> THERE ARE A %
RECORD NUMBER OF %
BLACK WOMEN %
RUNNING FOR %
CONGRESS. %
BIDEN HAS 6
WOMEN ON HIS
SHORT LIST. %
ULTIMATELY HE
SELECTS KAMALA %
HARRIS. %
WHAT’S THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF %
ALL OF THIS. %
IS THIS A
CULMINATION OF
THE WORK OVER
THE LAST 100
YEARS? %
>> IT’S A %
CULMINATION OF %
200 YEARS WHICH
IS THAT BLACK
WOMEN HAVE BEEN %
AT THIS A VERY %
LONG TIME. %
AND THIS IS
KAMALA HARRIS
DOES NOT DROP %
FROM THE
HEAVENS. %
SHE GROWS OUT OF
BLACK WOMEN’S %
POLITICS ACROSS %
MANY %
GENERATIONS. %
AND WHEN YOU
LOOK AT A FIGURE %
LIKE SENATOR
HARRIS OR %
REPRESENTATIVE
IANA PRESLEY OR %
LEADER STACY %
ABRAHAMS. %
THESE ARE WOMEN, %
WHEN YOU ASK %
THEM THEY WILL TELL YOU I COME %
TELL YOU I COME %
OUT OF A
POLITICAL % TRADITION. %
TRADITION. %
AND IT’S NOT THE %
POLITICAL %
TRADITION.
BLACK WOMEN %
UNDERSTAND THEIR %
OWN POLITICAL %
HISTORY AND HOW
WE COME TO BE
WHERE WE ARE IN %
2020. %
>> AS MARTHA %
JONES SO
ELOQUENTLY SAID %
RIGHT THERE. %
AS IS IN THE %
CASE WITH MOST %
FREEDOM %
STRUGGLES
THERE’S A %
CONTINUUM HERE. %
EVEN AMONG THE
RANKS OF THE %
OTHER SUFFRAGE. %
THAT THERE’S A
CLEAR LINE FROM %
THEN TO WHAT WE %
SEE NOW. %
>> THE HISTORY
IS JUST %
INCREDIBLE. %
WE KNOW THE
FIGHT FOR RACIAL %
JUSTICE IS NOT
OVER. %
WHAT OTHER %
TOPICS COME UP
IN YOUR
CONVERSATION. %
>> MOSTLY
ABILITY THE PUSH
FOR VOTING %
MOSTLY ABOUT THE
PUSH FOR VOTING %
RIGHTS. %
VOTER I.D.
AND ISSUES LIKE %
THAT. %
WE CONTINUE TO %
SEE BLACK WOMEN %
PUSHING AND
PUSHING THE %
BOUNDARIES. %
THEY ARE THE %
MOST LOYAL
VOTING BLACK TO %
THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY. %
WHEN WE THINK
ABOUT THE HIGH %
STAKES ELECTION. %
WE TALK ABOUT
THE GROUND WORK %
THAT HAD BEEN
LAID SO LONG AGO %
CONTINUING TO
REVERBERATE %
TODAY ESPECIALLY
IN THE POWER AND %
FORCE THAT OUR
BLACK FEMALE %
VOTERS. %
>> HE’S A POD
CAST HOST, HE’S
A PULITZER PRIZE %
WINNER, I JUST %
LOVE SAYING %
THAT. %
THANK YOU FOR %
BEING WITH US. %
>> THANK YOU AS %
ALWAYS. %
APPRECIATE IT. %
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