![]() ![]() Harris is also of Indian descent, making her place on the ticket a meaningful first for two communities of color. Either way, his vice president would be in a powerful position for the 2024 campaign. Now, Black women, who once had no chance of even voting for president – much less being president – will see one of their own a step away from the Oval Office.īiden allies have reportedly suggested that he would only serve one term if elected because of his age – Biden would be 78 on Inauguration Day – but his campaign officially denies that possibility. ![]() Black women are police chiefs, gubernatorial candidates, and, in growing numbers, congresswomen. Today, Black female mayors lead several of the United States’ biggest cities, including Atlanta, Chicago and San Francisco. said in 1984 about the progress Black voters made last century, “Hands that once picked cotton will now pick a president.” But I also teach my students that Black women have a history of political ambition and achievement. In the 1960s, Black women helped organize the civil rights movement but were kept out of leadership positions.Īs a political science professor, I address issues like these in my government and minority politics classes. until 1920, and even then Black people – women among them – still couldn’t vote in most of the South. Women didn’t gain the right to vote in the U.S. Black women, in particular, have hit barrier upon barrier. ![]()
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