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Snapshot 6:

Art By  Makeba Rainey, https://www.blckprism.com/artwork/africa-america-ida-b-wells

Ida Bell Wells was an American journalist who led the anti-lynching campaign in the 1890s. She was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi on July 16th, 1862, and died in Chicago, Illinois on March 25th, 1931. She became active in the battle for African-American justice later in life.

Growing Issues in the Suffrage Movement

Source linkhttps://www.aclu.org/blog/womens-rights/celebrate-womens-suffrage-dont-whitewash-movements-racism

In this snapshot, a group of white women protested for suffrage. Intersectionality acts as way of concern towards one’s race, sex, origin and nationality. We could see that no African American woman were allowed to to join forces with the women’s suffrage. The crowd hold signs that mentions about both the amendment and suffrage that only gives permissions towards whites.