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Media Releases | The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
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Susan Sagarra
Assistant Executive Director, Membership & Marketing
(314) 485-3802
ssagarra@bamsl.org
Zoe Linza
Executive Director
(314) 421-4134
zlinza@bamsl.org
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2021-22 ELECTIONS
Board and YLD election petition filing period is open through 5 p.m. on January 31, 2021.
https://www.bamsl.org/elections
Reflecting on Black Women's Pursuit of Voting Rights
January 1, 2021
In reflecting on Black History Month, I marvel at the Black woman’s pursuit of voting rights over the past two centuries. About 100 years before women achieved the right to vote with the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920, Black women had been fighting for voting rights and equality for all. The pursuit continued after the passage of the 19thAmendment, as discrimination still prevented women of color from voting by the masses thereafter. Read More
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