VOTING RIGHTS CAMPAIGN

Civil rights, social equality, and suffrage have been at the heart of resistance movements. The Voting Rights Social Media Campaign features the continuous fight for voting rights and a more equitable democracy among Black people, the African diaspora, Indigenous people, and people of color in the US and across the globe. Click through our digital exhibit to see all the photos and video clips in the campaign.

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VOTING RIGHTS CAMPAIGN: WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE

Black women and Black women’s organizations have a long history of arguing for equal representation in politics and the right to vote. This gallery highlights many of the organizations, movements, and suffragettes of the 19th and 20th century that focused on gender equality.

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VOTING RIGHTS CAMPAIGN:
FROM VOTING SUPPRESSION TO VOTING SUCCESSES

Despite voting and civil rights wins, there have been concerted efforts to limit access to suffrage as well as political and social equality. The struggle for suffrage and civil rights have led to many successes! This gallery depicts attempts to limit voting rights, and successful campaigns to secure those rights.

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VOTING RIGHTS CAMPAIGN: BLACK UPRISINGS

Protests have been central to Black resistance movements across the diaspora. From economic equity, to voting rights, to #BlackLivesMatter marches, this gallery captures a bit of that history.

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VOTING RIGHTS CAMPAIGN: DEMOCRACY FOR ALL

Black, Indigenous, and people of color around the world have fought for suffrage in their larger struggles for social and political equality.

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VOTING RIGHTS CAMPAIGN: VOTING IN THE DIASPORA

Electoral and local politics have been central to the fight for equality in Africa and the diaspora. From National Colored Conventions to prominent figures in the movement for equality, this gallery highlights their important work.

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Credits

Curator – Research and Collections: Rachel Nelson, Elementary/Middle School Teacher, Baltimore, MD; Colored Conventions Project Alum (2019-2020)

Social Media Campaign Manager: Richard Daily, Ph.D. Candidate, History & African American Studies, Penn State University

Video Editor: Genna Zagoren, Undergraduate, College of Communications, Penn State University

Digital Exhibit by: Kelli Coles, Ph.D. Candidate, History, University of Delaware, and Kaitlyn Tanis, History and Social Sciences Librarian, University of Delaware

Voting Rights Campaign Team

  • Rachel Nelson, Elementary/Middle School Teacher, Baltimore, MD; Colored Conventions Project Alum (2019-2020)
  • Richard Daily, Ph.D. Candidate, History & African American Studies, Penn State University
  • Genna Zagoren, Undergraduate, College of Communications, Penn State University
  • Shirley Moody Turner, Center for Black Digital Research Co-director, Associate Professor of English and African American Studies, Penn State University
  • Kevin Winstead, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Black Digital Research, Penn State University
  • Lauren Cooper, Center for Black Digital Research Librarian and Project Manager, Penn State University

For related Voting Rights Campaign activities, visit Mobilize NOW for a Future Where Black Lives Matter.

 

The Center for Black Digital Research (CBDR), #DigBlk, is home to the Colored Conventions Project, the Black Women’s Organizing Archive, and Douglass Day. CBDR is located at The Pennsylvania State University.