An illustration of Black people in line to vote. Harper's Weekly Magazine. At the time of Ulysses S. Grant's election to the presidency in 1868, Americans were struggling to reconstruct a nation torn ...

We hear it all the time, “Voting is your civic duty,” or “Voting is the primary language of a democracy.” But what does it really mean? Voting is a powerful tool for shaping the future, a right that ...

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Fifteenth Amendment was ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - October 8, 1869: The Virginia General Assembly ratified the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. It was a requirement for the state to readmitted to the Union. The ...

The 15th Amendment was written to stop governments from picking winners and losers based on skin color. In Louisiana, that is ...