The story of a Black writer and anthropologist who committed her career to studying and celebrating African American folklore and culture.
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Three photographs that document the experience of Black women and girls migrating from the rural South to Chicago.
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A photograph of the Atlanta Neighborhood Union, a women-led organization in Atlanta, Georgia that provided a safe haven and social services for black women and children.
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An article written by Black suffragist Adella Hunt Logan and published in the NAACP’s publication "The Crisis." It includes reasons why the vote was particularly important to Black women.
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An article from the "Chicago Defender" that describes the new opportunities and challenges northern cities offered women looking to escape the horrors of the Jim Crow South.
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A photograph of the NAACP’s 1917 silent march against lynching, which included thousands of women protesters.
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