Texas has long been a battleground state for voting rights, dating back to 1918 following the passage of the 19th Amendment, where Texas’s all-white primary system effectively meant that Black women and Mexican American women were not given their right to participate in elections in Texas. In the century-plus since these initial disenfranchisement efforts, Texas […]
Author Archives: Daniel Johnson
Daniel Johnson is a freelance writer based in Texas. His work can be found in Essence, Teen Vogue, Scalawag, Level, and Black Youth Project.