Meet The Black Women Who Changed Our Voting Laws | Bet You Didn't Know

As national voting rights legislation stalls in the Senate and voter suppression bills pile up in states across the country, voting rights leaders like LaTosha Brown of Black Voters Matter are fighting harder than ever against discriminatory practices often aimed to keep people of color from the polls. To kick off Black History Month, The Recount is recognizing Black women – from the early suffragists to the organizers fighting against Jim Crow laws – who have always been at the forefront of the fight for universal voting rights. These are the women you may have missed if you were only taught about the mainstream, mostly white, suffrage movements. But their work inspired a generation of modern-day suffragists who have led some of the most powerful voter registration and education campaigns across the country. LaTosha Brown thinks back to legends like Fannie Lou Hamer and Amelia Boynton Robinson and says, “I knew that I wanted to be a part of that legacy.”