August 2020 is the 100th Anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote.  But did you know that black women were sidelined from the mainstream suffrage movement and forced to march at the back of women’s suffrage parades, lest they upset white Southerners?

Although black women suffragettes fought hard against the double bind of racism and sexism, African American women – and men for that matter – were not allowed to vote freely until the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Join us on August 23 to learn about African American Women’s fight for the right to vote from Emancipation to Civil Rights.  Regina Gayle Phillips is a former journalist and writer and is presently the Executive Director of the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center in St. Augustine. She sits on the St. Augustine Advisory Committee for Confederate Memorials, is a 2019 recipient of the ROWITA Arts Award, and has been honored by the Enterprising Women Leadership Institute.

To receive the zoom link email : rrafael2@gmail.com