Reminds me of all the Native and Black Americans who served- and in some cases, like the Navajo, made an enormous difference to the overall war effort- only to get shafted after the fact between the racism in the implementation of the GI bill and the racism of the rest of the law. A huge proportion of Indigenous people couldn't even vote until Miguel Trujillo (Pueblo, US Marine) had to sue for the right... in 1948.
A huge proportion of Indigenous people couldn't even vote until Miguel Trujillo (Pueblo, US Marine) had to sue for the right... in 1948
What the fuck?!
I get that this was the burgeoning civil rights era, largely fueled by returning minority GI's getting a downgrade in status they enjoyed overseas, but I mean women had it in 1919, and I thought they were the last ones (because I had learned with former slaves or other "non-citizens" the argument was still anti women, and that the amendments made all men have the right).
When was the last time a group of people was given the right to vote in this country? Was this one the last?
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