Her Grandparents Fought to Join American Democracy. She’s Fighting to Complete It.

Her grandparents fought to join American democracy. She’s fighting to complete it.

In the lead-up to our country’s 250th anniversary, Errin Haines is writing a series of columns to contemplate the complicated expansion of our democracy. Subscribe to The Amendment newsletter. Joseph and Nellie Gamble were born in 1905 and 1910 in Jim Crow Alabama – which meant that for much of their adult lives, they were unable to vote alongside their fellow citizens on Election Day.  Across the South for nearly a century after Reconstruction,…

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Credit: Sarah Porter for The 19th This story was copublished with The 19th, an independent, nonprofit newsroom reporting on gender, politics, policy, and power, as well as #WeTheCivic: America 250, a narrative movement centering the multiracial nonprofit and civil society workers, organizations, and communities in America 250 narratives. This story was originally reported by Errin Haines of The 19th. Meet Errin and read more of their reporting o…