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In late October 1920, investigator Addie Hunton “hurr[ied] along” her report to NAACP chair Mary White Ovington. With only days to go before the November presidential election, there was no time to spare. The Nineteenth Amendment was now on the books, but registrars in Norfolk, Virginia were refusing Black women who tried to register to vote. These women feared white reprisals if they challenged the officials, yet they freely told their stories of rejection and humiliation to Hunton, an NAACP representative who had traveled in from New York and who spent less than 48 hours in town. Why did they share such dangerous stories with a total stranger? Liette Gidlow unwinds this mystery by delving deep into the archives to explore the many ways African American women in the Jim Crow South fought for voting rights after the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified. Her research finds that while a great many southern Black women were indeed disfranchised, a surprising number in fact succeeded in voting, and their successes, together with ceaseless agitation by those who remained disfranchised, transformed American politics for the next hundred years and ultimately helped elect Barack Obama, the nation’s first African American president.

​A fierce new musical comedy adaptation of Sir Philip Sidney's prose romance, The Arcadia, set to the music and lyrics of the iconic girl group, The Go-Go's.

Jill Lepore is a staff writer for The New Yorker, a Harvard University professor, and the author of the bestselling book These Truths: A History of the United States.

​A fierce new musical comedy adaptation of Sir Philip Sidney's prose romance, The Arcadia, set to the music and lyrics of the iconic girl group, The Go-Go's.

The Westchester Chamber Soloists, established in January 2020, is a newly-formed chamber orchestra focused on performing the concerto literature for all solo symphonic instruments and for piano, as well as other orchestral and selected vocal/choral works.
 
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The Art of Teaching Program at Sarah Lawrence College invites you to join us for our 2020 Film Series featuring No Small Matter, a feature-length documentary film and national engagement campaign that brings public attention to this vital question by sharing powerful stories and stunning truths about the human capacity for early intelligence and the potential for quality early care and education to benefit America’s social and economic future.

After the documentary there will be a panel discussion on the importance of the early years! Light refreshments will be provided.

This evening's event has been canceled. It is likely to be rescheduled later in the semester, and we look forward to sharing details as they become available.

In keeping with guidance from health department officials to minimize large group contact, all on-campus and athletic events, external groups, and community programs are canceled for the remainder of the spring semester.

Events for prospective and admitted students, such as campus tours, information sessions, and our Admitted Students Days, have also been canceled. Admitted students should keep an eye out for e-mails with information on ways to connect virtually with our community.

Please monitor the College's COVID-19 information site for the most up-to-date information during this rapidly evolving situation.

We look forward to welcoming our friends and neighbors back to campus when we are able to do so safely. In the meantime, as we practice social distancing, we hope that you’ll explore past college events through our various web and video archives.