
Elaine Weiss
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Journalist. Author:The Woman's Hour:The Great Fight to Win the Vote (Viking/Penguin). Medill grad. MacDowell Fellow. Worried.
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Following a sold-out, extended run at The Public Theater, Shaina Taub’s new musical Suffs will come to Broadway this spring with former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai joining the producing team. broadwaydirect.com/shaina-taubs-s…


The Suffs of The Woman's Hour salute Shaina Taub and the cast and creatives of the Suffs on their Broadway Opening Night. KeepMarching! Penguin Books Viking Books Music Box Theatre suffrage CBS Sunday Morning 🌞



My new book about American citizens fighting for democracy. A rather timely story: Legal Defense Fund Black Voters Matter Fund Fair Fight League of Women Voters of the US Smithsonian’s NMAAHC NAACP The SNCC Legacy Project National Constitution Center Brennan Center



On e 231, we welcome Elaine Weiss to discuss the foundation of the civil rights movement, the origins of the Highlander Folk School, how Black people educated themselves when schooling was illegal, Septima Clark, and the activism of ordinary people. Full ep: youtu.be/gsxsjN9DO3U





One Signal authors love their indie bookstores! Here in Baltimore, attended a support rally for our Urban Reads , a Black owned store subjected to threats and harassment. Then enjoyed being a guest bookseller at my home The Ivy Bookshop. Support your indie!


On this 71st anniversary of the Supreme Court's Brown decision, explore what came next in this conversation about #SpellFreedom with Rashawn Davis on CSpan 2 Am. History TV at 4:25 pm EDT c-span.org/ahtv/ Legal Defense Fund Black Voters Matter Fund Simon & Schuster


My latest for The Contrarian. A lesson for spineless Congressional Republicans: Standing up in Congress open.substack.com/pub/contrarian… Rep. Jamie Raskin Cory Booker Hakeem Jeffries Senator Angela Alsobrooks #votingrights