Vanguard by Martha S. Jones Summary
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"Vanguard" resurrects the untold saga of Black women's fight for voting rights, winning the 2021 L.A. Times Book Prize for History. Praised by Ibram X. Kendi as "commanding history," it reveals how America's original feminists shaped democracy against impossible odds.
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When Democracy Had to Be Earned
In 2008, something remarkable happened that few people noticed amid the historic celebration: Black women voted at higher rates than any other group in America. This wasn't an accident or a sudden awakening. It was the crescendo of a 200-year symphony of resistance, organizing, and unrelenting determination. While the nation celebrated its first Black president, the women who made his election possible remained largely invisible-just as they had been throughout American history. Their story isn't a footnote to the civil rights movement or women's suffrage. It's the story of how democracy itself was expanded, redefined, and fought for by those who had the most to lose and the least to gain from staying silent. Picture Nancy Belle Graves, born into slavery in 1808 Kentucky. She couldn't vote, couldn't own property, couldn't even claim her own children. Yet her descendants would reshape American politics through four generations of strategic vision that would take more than a century to fully unfold.
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"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
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