Equal Suffrage League (Brooklyn, New York)
Encyclopedia
Equal Suffrage League was a suffrage
organization founded by Sarah J. Garnet
in Brooklyn, New York in the late 1880s to advocate for voting rights for African American
women. The group worked to abolish both gender and race bias.
After Garnet became the Superintendent of the Suffrage Department for the National Association of Colored Women
(NACW), the Equal Suffrage League affiliated with the National Association of Colored Women. In 1907 the Equal Suffrage League and National Association of Colored Women jointly supported a resolution supporting the principles of the Niagara Movement
that advocated for equal rights for all American
citizens.
Suffrage
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply the franchise, distinct from mere voting rights, is the civil right to vote gained through the democratic process...
organization founded by Sarah J. Garnet
Sarah J. Garnet
Sarah J. Tompkins Garnet was an African-American educator and suffragist from New York City who was a pioneer as the first African-American female school principal in the New York City public school system....
in Brooklyn, New York in the late 1880s to advocate for voting rights for African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
women. The group worked to abolish both gender and race bias.
After Garnet became the Superintendent of the Suffrage Department for the National Association of Colored Women
National Association of Colored Women
The National Association of Colored Women Clubs was established in Washington, D.C., USA, by the merger in 1896 of the National Federation of Afro-American Women, the Women's Era Club of Boston, and the National League of Colored Women of Washington, DC, as well as smaller organizations that had...
(NACW), the Equal Suffrage League affiliated with the National Association of Colored Women. In 1907 the Equal Suffrage League and National Association of Colored Women jointly supported a resolution supporting the principles of the Niagara Movement
Niagara Movement
The Niagara Movement was a black civil rights organization founded in 1905 by a group led by W. E. B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter. It was named for the "mighty current" of change the group wanted to effect and Niagara Falls, the Canadian side of which was where the first meeting took...
that advocated for equal rights for all American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
citizens.