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State Capitol will honor Black women who campaigned for voter rights FacebookTwitterEmail The State Capitol, which opened in 1878, is a gold-domed, Victorian-Gothic creation designed by Richard M. Upjohn.BOB CHILD / AP The historic 1878 State Capitol building, with its dozens of statues and displays of historic artifacts, will soon become more-inclusive, when a plaque honoring 29 Black women suffragists of the early 20th century is cast and installed in what advocates hope to be a public celebration. It’s also a invitation to help solve mysteries, with many details on the women’s lives seemingly lost in the mists of the decades and generations. There are no available photos for a dozen of the women, all of whom were born in the 1800s.

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