Meet The Black Women Who Changed Our Voting Laws

The video highlights the pivotal role of Black women in the voting rights movement, from historical figures like Sojourner Truth and Ida B. Wells to modern activists like Natasha Brown. It discusses the challenges Black women faced, such as exclusion from suffrage movements and Jim Crow laws, and their ongoing fight against voter suppression. Despite progress, with more Black women in Congress, challenges remain, including the lack of Black women governors. The video emphasizes the importance of remembering past efforts and continuing the fight for voting rights.

What is Natasha Brown credited with in the context of the modern voting rights movement?

• Launching Black Voters Matter

• Becoming the first Black woman governor

• Writing the 19th Amendment

• Leading the 1913 women's suffrage march

Which early suffragist and abolitionist is mentioned as having helped found the National Association of Colored Women?

• Sojourner Truth

• Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

• Mary Church Terrell

• Ida B. Wells

What challenge did Ida B. Wells face during the 1913 women's suffrage march?

• She was told she couldn't march with white women

• She was not allowed to speak

• She was denied the right to vote

• She was arrested for protesting

Who was the first Black woman to run for Congress from Alabama?

• Amelia Boynton Robinson

• Fannie Lou Hamer

• Rosa Parks

• Natasha Brown

What is a significant challenge mentioned that Black women face in politics today?

• Lack of representation in Congress

• Voter suppression laws in statewide offices

• Inability to vote in national elections

• No Black women in local government