Join American Experience for a discussion of internationally acclaimed historian Martha Jones’ new book Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for all—to be released on September 8 by Basic Books.

Vanguard offers a sweeping history of African American women’s political lives in America, recounting how they fought for, won and used the right to the ballot—fighting against both racism and sexism.

The event will include an excerpt from The Vote and a discussion between two of the film's featured historians Martha Jones and  Marcia Chatelain around the savvy political maneuvering of Black women from the fight for women's suffrage to the present.

This event is produced in conjunction with the encore broadcast of The Vote on PBS, Tuesdays in September at 8/7c, starting September 8.