The grand parade of suffragettes in 1913 was a turning point in women's struggle for the right to vote, despite the abuse by thousands of men who blocked their route. More >>>
DC residents vote for the first time Teaser Resident of Washington D.C. vote for the first time in a presidential election, three years after … More >>>
Twenty years ago blacks were virtually disenfranchised throughout the South. Now their votes may elect our next President. More >>>
The long, embattled history of women’s suffrage that began with the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention continues to this day. More >>>
The ex-slave and investigative journalist spent a lifetime fighting against lynching and segregation — but also for voting rights for African-American women. More >>>
Artifacts Carte-de-Visite of Thaddeus Stephens, Radical Republican Pamplin Historical Park Lincoln Cane Given to Frederick Douglass Washington, DC The First Vote More >>>
For this crime, she was arrested, held, indicted, and put on trial. Judge Hunt presided. More >>>
It nearly Put Burr in the saddle in 1800 It failed to confirm the people’s choice in 1824, 1876, and 1888 It could have ditched Kennedy in 1960 More >>>
A loophole in the Constitution made it possible for the winner of the popular majority in 1876, Tilden, to lose to Hayes in the electoral college amid bitterness, fraud, and chicanery. It could happen again More >>>
An interview with the famed suffragette, Alice Paul More >>>