Of the right for women to vote. That was granted for only white women. Africanamerican and many asian and latinex women were barred from citizenship and voting. Black men and women were blocked from voting by racist local laws until the Voting Rights act of 1965. The u. S. Womens suffrage movement, the way its taught and understood and characterized to this day often erases the prominent role of black women. Women like beabolitionists sojournsojour sojourner truth. And women like the sisters of delta sigma theta, an early black sorority founded at howard university. They ban tousished to a segrega section when they joined the march, something ida refused to do, instead marching with the white women. This boiled down to the right to participate as organizers and citizens, as voters and political candidates continues today under a president who is refusing to fund the post office in what looks like a clear attempt to steal this election. But a remarkable shift occurred this week when a w
Among those already in south africa former u. S. President jimmy carter who is in johannesburg. Kofe annan. And the former president of ireland is there. Dozens of others are en route. President obama and the first lady left for south africa, Board Air Force 1 joined by george bush and his wife. Are ali velshi is leading our team in johannesburg. Ali, set the scene for us literally hours before the event tomorrow in johannesburg. Well its gone cold, tony, its raining tonight in johannesburg. It was a clear day. Police were setting up barricades and rerouting. You could see dignitaries coming in and police convoys. As you said jimmy carter is here as well. George w. Bush, bill clinton will be here, World Leaders from all over the place. I had a chance to sit down with jimmy carter, who knew Nelson Mandela very well. He was on the same plane coming down. He said in all the times he knew Nelson Mandela, he never said thank you to the u. S. Government to end apartheid. Heres why. I would s
The orderly way southwest does it and the way all the other airlines do it. So stop playing their game and come on over for hasslefree boarding. Developing news right now out of the south bay, where rescuers have pulled one person from a car submerged in a upon. A couple of houses away, its ridiculous. Outrage from neighbors after san josis first homicide of the year. The new information that we learned tonight. Residents of this San Francisco neighborhood witnessed a horrible sight when a woman was lit on fire by her boyfriend. The victims sister says what led up to the conflict. Complete bay area News Coverage starts right now. This is ktvu channel 2 news at 5 00. Geek im ken wayne. Hello everyone im heather holmes. We begin with that developing news in san josi. A woman crashed her car into a pond and just minutes ago we learned that despite efforts to rescue her underwater she died. Kutvs Debora Villalon is live at the scene right off the almaden expressway. Reporter heather this h
We are picking them up in south leak tahoe. And lake tahoe. And check out what has developed south of baker field. Very heavy showers and isolated severe thunderstorms. This one right there is getting ready to develop near bakersfield with numerous lightning strikes. Folks, get ready for thunderstorms developing and that has definitely prompted a red flag warning beginning tonight through wednesday. That looks like the highest potential for the bay area to see isolated thunderstorms will be monday night and tuesday. We will get to that forecast coming up in a little bit. There are more than a dozen fires burning right now in northern california. As leigh mentioned with the red flag warning and thunderstorms, firefighters are bracing for more this week. Abc7 News Reporter lilian kim is live tonight with the latest on this developing story. Good evening, lilian. Carolyn, firefighters here in Alameda County are on high alert. They received a bulletin tonight about the weather conditions h
That dryness is causing major concern for firefighters, but not the only issue as a red flag warning and a Lightning Strike hits in the bay area. Good evening, even. Thanks for joining us. Im Carolyn Tyler in for ama dates. It is clear right now over the bay area, but thunderstorms will soon be moving in. Lets head to abc7 news meteorologist leigh glaser for a first check on weather and live doppler 7hd. Yeah, and we are definitely going to see some big changes weather wise the first part of the workweek. We have a few high and midlevel clouds and some along the coast. But the thundershowers are very close to the bay area. We are picking them up in south leak tahoe. And lake tahoe. And check out what has developed south of baker field. Very heavy showers and isolated severe thunderstorms. This one right there is getting ready to develop near bakersfield with numerous Lightning Strikes. Folks, get ready for thunderstorms developing and that has definitely prompted a red flag warning beg