NOTES FROM THE EDITOR

This Summer\Fall 2021 issue of our 1619: Journal of African American Studies brings to our readers three outstanding articles. The first is a collaboration between a professor of politics at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, and her student researchers. As the election of Vice President Kamala Harris shattered the barrier of power for women, in general, and African American women specifically, Professor Chambers and her students provide us with an understanding of this achievement from the perspective of African American women’s political mobilization out of necessity. The theme of African American women’s political participation and agency continues with Mark Jones’ article about Mary Townsend Seymour, who in 1920 became the first African American woman to run for a seat in the State legislature. The article first appeared in the publication, Connecticut Explored. Finally, this issue of our journal ends with the research of Drs. Stacey Close and Eunice Mathews, member of the faculty of Eastern Connecticut State University. In their article on Marcus Garvey, Close and Mathews, trace the origins in impact of the Garvey movement on Connecticut’s African American community in the 1920s.

The three articles in this edition of our journal provide new insights to readers about themes and issues that continue to be relevant to our understanding of current events in our nation.

Dr. Walton Brown-Foster, Editor in Chief