Johns Hopkins University Prof. Martha Jones lectures on 19th

In a Winona, Mississippi jail cell in the 1960s, a young Black woman sat for three days after an unsuccessful attempt at voter registration. Her name was Fannie Lou Hamer, and the 19th Amendment failed her.  Johns Hopkins University Prof. Martha Jones, who addressed the Northwestern community Monday, explored how Black women such as Hamer...

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