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“Three generations of Black women talk about their voting experiences.”
Three generations of Black women talk about their voting experiences. Growing up in the South under Jim Crow meant that voting was impossible or dangerous. After the Voting Rights Act in the 1960s, community services improved when Black candidates were elected. A young Black woman voting for the first time could vote for the first woman of color as Vice President.
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Released
Original Language
EN
Through deeply personal interviews with her siblings and an examination of the photographs, letters, and belongings left behind, Mariska assembles a new portrait of her mother Jayne Mansfield, an extraordinary and complex woman.
